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P2P Coin

P2P Coin

P2P (formerly DVPN) is the native coin of the Sentinel blockchain. It plays a role in every layer of the network: users spend it on bandwidth, validators stake it to secure the chain, and holders use it to vote on governance proposals. All transaction fees on the network are also paid in P2P.

What P2P is used for​

  • Bandwidth payments. Users pay P2P to access dVPN services from node operators. Two models are supported: pay-as-you-go, where the user pays P2P directly to the node host for a set amount of bandwidth, and subscriptions, where the user pays fiat to an app and the app handles P2P payments to node hosts on their behalf.

  • Staking. Validators and delegators stake P2P to secure the network and participate in consensus. Validators propose and validate blocks and earn P2P rewards for doing so. You can check current staking APR at Busurnode Explorer. More details on the Earn P2P page.

  • Revenue sharing. On top of regular staking rewards, Sentinel's protocol routes 20% of all bandwidth payments from dVPN node operators back to P2P stakers. The remaining 80% goes to the node host. This ties staking returns directly to real network usage rather than just inflation. See the Node Revenue System for how this works.

  • Governance. Staked P2P holders can submit and vote on proposals covering protocol upgrades, parameter changes, funding allocations, and anything else that affects the chain. Votes are weighted by stake. See the Governance page for more.

  • Transaction fees. Every on-chain action (transfers, contract calls, session creation, etc.) requires a fee paid in P2P to the validators processing the transaction.

Where to get P2P​

P2P is available on both centralized and decentralized exchanges. See the Buy P2P page for a full list, or check the Economics page for supply and inflation details.