FAQ

If you live in the U.S., you can buy $ASI tokens at crypto.com. Other institutions s.a. coinbase.com might soon offer $ASI as well. If you live outside the U.S., you can buy $ASI at binance.com. Please check the ASI Alliance website for more buying options.

$ASI is the utility token of the original Fetch.ai blockchain which now serves as the joint network for Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, and SingularityNET, aks the ASI Alliance.  Utility tokens are designed so programmers can build software around or in them and users can interact with the software using the tokens.

A percentage of the staking rewards are used to cover the costs of operating the validator node hosting infrastructure and to keep it secure. We retain 9% of the rewards for that purpose.

Staking cryptocurrencies is an efficient way to earn passive income while participating in the world of digital currencies. Staking is much easier than mining or trying to time potential airdrops to accrue coins. 

We only support non-custodial delegation, where we have no control over your assets. In practice, you are locking your tokens on a smart contract which grants us only working right, but no transfer right. In other words, your assets remain yours at all times.

In case of misbehaviour by a validator operator, part of all delegated $ASI can be slashed (destroyed). Therefore it is imperative that you delegate your $ASI to a validator you trust.

Validators run the infrastructure: Validators, like STAKING LAND, are special blockchain nodes responsible for the provision of infrastructure as well as proposing and validating new blocks and appending them to the blockchain. Hence, together with other validators, they ensure the blockchains’ security by monitoring its accuracy, establishing validity, guaranteeing availability, and provisioning the infrastructure for it to run on.

Validators earn staking rewards & fees: For their work, validators are rewarded in the form of block rewards & transaction fees. In order to participate in securing the network and to be paid for this service, validators are required to lock up collateral “stake” which can be forfeited (i.e. “slashed”) programmatically if their actions break the programmatic rules that define the blockchain protocol which they secure.

Delegators contribute to the security of the blockchain: The right to validate and add, hence, to secure the validity of the blockchain, is attached to every Proof-of-Stake (PoS) token. Token holders who do not want to act as a validator, but still want to contribute to the blockchain’s security and earn rewards, can delegate the rights contained in their tokens to a validator of their choice. These token holders are called delegators and can be considered as a validators’ customer.

Delegators earn a return on their assets: If you stake your tokens with STAKING LAND, you are a delegator and are entitled to receive rewards for the delegation of your tokens. The amount of rewards a delegator can earn through the services of a validator is a function of the validators’ total rewards and the ratio between the size of the holder’s own stake and the total stake of the validator. For their services, the validators charge a fee on the token holder’s rewards.

You can stake as many $ASI tokens as you want on the mainnet.

Calculated as per: Yearly inflation* (divided by) Total $ASI Staked

*Yearly inflation is calculated: (0.03 * Market Cap) divided by Price.

The lock in period is 21 days.

• ERC-20 to Native: Free (plus Ethereum transaction fee)
• Native to ERC-20: 50 FET (to cover Ethereum Gas)
• Upper Limit: 1 million FET (per transaction)
• Lower Limit: 100 FET