Boson Protocol enables the tokenization, transfer and trade of any physical thing as a redeemable NFT. Decentralized commercial exchange: Boson is an efficient, optimistic fair-exchange protocol which enables the decentralized commercial exchange of any physical thing, without centralized intermediaries or trusted counterparties. Redeemable NFTs (rNFTs) can be thought of as forward contracts for physical things, programmed within smart contracts. rNFTs can be held, transferred or traded like any other NFT. Boson uses game theory and independent resolvers to provide the bearer of an rNFT with strong and credible assurance, that either they will be able to redeem the token for the physical thing or receive their money back. Token-gated commerce: Redeemable NFTs can be programmed for access only by wallets holding specific NFTs or having a minimum ERC20 balance. rNFTs can thus be programmed with superpowers, for example enabling play-to-buy (complete a quest) and hold-to-buy (own a PFP).