The ANyONe Protocol Token is the lifeblood of the Anyone ecosystem. It is a utility token used to facilitate access and control of the network and as a means to incentivize relay operators. As the use-cases for Anyone grow and network participation expands into the mainstream, the token naturally accrues value within the ecosystem.
The ANyONe Token is an ERC20 on Ethereum mainnet with a fixed supply of 100 million tokens. However, as part of the Anyone Incentive Layer, the token exists in a 'wrapped' format on Arweave, where it plays a key role in regulating the network. $ANYONE operates in the Proof-of-Uptime mechanism, which rewards network participants based on their active and useful contributions to the network. Additionally, staking $ANYONE will be a requirement for every software relay, service and authority in the network; the well distributed nature of the token is key to the network's resilience from sybil attacks.
The ANyONe Token is not merely used for access - it is the lifeblood of the Anyone ecosystem. Through a carefully balanced set of incentives, relays in high demand will be able to token-gate their circuits, allowing high-throughput users and enterprises to use the token to 'subscribe' to a transient set of in-demand nodes. The token will take on a signalling and incentive role in the network, allocating supply where demand is highest whilst flowing revenue back into the protocol.