# Canton Claiming Assets

On the Canton Network, addresses are identified by a party ID, and incoming transfers are not credited automatically — the recipient must accept each incoming transfer before the assets are settled into the vault. Claiming assets means approving a specific pending incoming transfer so its assets are settled into your vault.

Claim operations are created through the [Create Transaction](https://docs.fordefi.com/api/openapi/transactions/create_transaction_api_v1_transactions_post) endpoint using the `canton_transaction` type, with the specific operation selected by the nested `details.type` field. Fordefi supports Canton Coin (CC), the native asset, and any asset based on the CIP-56 token standard.

## **Claiming assets**

When your vault is the recipient of a pending incoming transfer, that transfer appears in your vault with a `claim_status` of `claimable`. To settle the assets into your vault, submit a `canton_approve_transfer` request that references the incoming transaction.

You identify the transfer to accept with its `transaction_id` (the ID of the incoming Fordefi transaction) and the `chain` it lives on.

```json
{
  "signer_type": "api_signer",
  "type": "canton_transaction",
  "vault_id": "your_canton_vault_id",
  "details": {
    "type": "canton_approve_transfer",
    "transaction_id": "the_incoming_transaction_id",
    "chain": "canton_mainnet"
  },
  "note": "Approve a specific incoming Canton transfer"
}
```

Once the transaction is signed and pushed, the incoming transfer is accepted and its assets are settled into the vault. Its `claim_status` transitions from `claimable` to `claimed`.