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# Tokens

## $FRST <a href="#usdmona-1" id="usdmona-1"></a>

## &#x20;<a href="#usdmona-1" id="usdmona-1"></a>

FROSTY’s Native ERC-20 Token. $FRST is a utility token that is intrinsically incorporated throughout the protocol’s architecture, serving to further incentivize utility and application in the Collector/Artist economy. $FRST is the gas that ties together a triad of interdependence between Collectors, Developers, and Artists in a world that is merging the digital and real.

Portions of the FROSTY platforms marketplace revenue from the protocol fee charged on the platform will be distributed periodically to the $FRST holders. The official contract address for $FRST can be found here: [`0x624b853bb7359061af85f8fe47318c31a866a054`](https://bscscan.com/token/0x624b853bb7359061af85f8fe47318c31a866a054#readContract)

$FRST is also the ecosystem governance token, where holders are able to maintain an active stake and vote across categories from R\&D proposals, future roadmap, monetary policies. We are **on a path towards progressive decentralization.**

**Max Supply:** 10,000

### **Usage** <a href="#usage" id="usage"></a>

* Ledger of Activity for Collectors within our Layer 3 platform ecosystem
* Used within the marketplace loyalty and rewards ecosystem for purchasing digital illustrations assets
* Accepted for payments and transactions on TreasureLand / NFTrade etc..

### Distribution <a href="#distribution" id="distribution"></a>

* Staking rewards: 88%
* Initial Pancakeswap liquidity: 2%
* Protocol Reserve: 10%
* Team: 0%

### Core $FRST Utility Use Case <a href="#core-usdmona-utility-use-case" id="core-usdmona-utility-use-case"></a>

$FRST is the native ERC-20 utility token for the FROSTY ecosystem.

$FRST is both the income stream for the Artists, Developers, Collectors and the FROSTY ecosystem’s governance token.

**$FRST is the gas that ties together a triad of interdependence between Collectors, Developers and Artists in a world that is merging the digital and real.**

* $FRST is used to purchase the digital arts items listed on the FRSTY marketplace.
* The $FRST from sales in the FROSTY marketplace are split between the digital artists, developers/mods, $FRST token holders, Genesis FRST NFT holders, and the Treasury.
* The $FRST put towards the treasury is used for R\&D and Operational expenses.
* Holding $FRST allows the ecosystem participants to vote on proposals in the ecosystem, like the distribution % split of profits from the marketplace, vote on R\&D, protocol development, etc.

#### $FRST is the income stream for the Artists, Developers, and Collectors. And, also the core ecosystem governance.  <a href="#usdmona-is-the-income-stream-for-the-designers-developers-and-players-and-also-the-core-ecosystem-go" id="usdmona-is-the-income-stream-for-the-designers-developers-and-players-and-also-the-core-ecosystem-go"></a>

## Genesis FRST NFT <a href="#genesis-mona-nft" id="genesis-mona-nft"></a>

## &#x20;<a href="#genesis-mona-nft" id="genesis-mona-nft"></a>

FROSTY Genesis is an ERC-721 NFT that is distributed during The [Genesis Period](/frosty/token-economy/genesis-period.md) pre-launch.

FROSTY is a governance NFT for the FROSTY platform. [See more](/frosty/governance.md)