Network Tokens
Glimmer and Moonriver
The Utility Tokens of the Moonbeam and Moonriver Networks
Glimmer (GLMR)
Deployment Network: Moonbeam
Glimmer (GLMR) is the utility token of the Moonbeam Network, Moonbeam’s primary deployment on the Polkadot network that serves as a developer-friendly parachain. Moonbeam completed its launch in January 2022.
Moonriver (MOVR)
Deployment Network: Moonriver
Relay Chain: Kusama
Moonriver (MOVR) is the utility token of the Moonriver Network, Moonbeam’s Kusama deployment that serves as a “CanaryNet” to the Moonbeam Network. As such, the token utility behaviors on Moonriver mirror that of Moonbeam.
Glimmer & Moonriver Utility
As decentralized smart contract platforms, Moonbeam and Moonriver require their utility tokens, GLMR and MOVR, to properly operate. Holding these utility tokens serves as the gateway for network participants to access their corresponding network’s vital functions.
GLMR and MOVR are needed to perform the following functions:
Pay transaction fees to access and support network operations
Incentivize collators, the full nodes responsible for maintaining parachains on Polkadot and Kusama
Support the gas metering of smart contract execution
Facilitate on-chain governance mechanisms by proposing referenda, voting, electing council members, and more
Power the mechanics needed to create the decentralized node infrastructure on which the networks operate
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