title: does Token Based Authentication requires to store token in DB?
body: <p>I am using token based approach in authentication, but in many blogs i read that they are storing token in the database.</p>
  
  <p>Do we need to store token in Token Based Authentication in DB?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://scotch.io/tutorials/the-ins-and-outs-of-token-based-authentication" rel="noreferrer">https://scotch.io/tutorials/the-ins-and-outs-of-token-based-authentication</a></p>
  
  <p>In this blog, it is mentioned that we are signing the tokens instead of storing in database, and i think this should be the way to go to acheive true statelessness.</p>