What is Lisk (LSK) used for?

The LSK token has multiple utilities within the Lisk platform: * **Transaction Fees:** It is used to pay for transaction fees on the Lisk network. * **Staking:** LSK tokens can be staked to earn rewards and to participate in the platform's consensus mechanism. Voting: Holders of LSK can vote for delegates who secure the network and confirm transactions. * **Sidechain Registration:** Developers may need to spend LSK tokens to register their custom sidechains on the Lisk platform.

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Q: What is Lisk (LSK)?

**Token Perspective:** Lisk (LSK) is the native cryptocurrency token of the Lisk platform. It operates as a utility token, facilitating various activities within the Lisk ecosystem, including transactions, delegate voting, and participation in the platform's consensus mechanism. **Platform Perspective:** The Lisk platform is a blockchain application platform designed to enable developers to build applications and deploy their custom sidechains linked to the Lisk mainchain. This design aims to tackle scalability and flexibility issues associated with other blockchains. The Lisk SDK (Software Development Kit) empowers developers to build applications in JavaScript, one of the world's most commonly used programming languages.

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$0.2036($0.01)

Key Stats

Market Cap$44.27M

Volume (24h)$21.53M

Fully Diluted Value$81.46M

Vol/Mkt Cap (24h)48.64%

Total Supply400.00M LSK

Max Supply400.00M LSK

Circulating Supply217.41M LSK

Launch Date2024-05-16

Block Number38,848,384

Lisk Information

Websites

lisk.io Whitepaper

Block Explorers

liskscan.com

Hashing Algorithms

SHA-256

Supported Standards

ERC-20

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Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Data	Price	24h Change
LSK-USDT LSKUSDT	binance	AA	0.2023USDT	6.47%
LSK-USDT LSK-USDT	okex	A	0.2022USDT	6.61%
LSK-USDT LSK_USDT	gateio	A	0.2021USDT	6.44%
LSK-USD LSKUSD	kraken	AA	0.2031USD	7.07%
LSK-USDT LSK-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.2028USDT	6.40%

About Lisk

Lisk is a cryptocurrency and decentralized application platform that operates on a highly efficient Delegated-Proof-of-Stake consensus model secured by 101 elected delegates. The platform allows for the deployment, distribution, and monetization of decentralized apps and custom blockchains. The inflation rate is 5 LISK per block and will decrease by 1 every year until it reaches 1 LISK per block. Lisk has partnered with Microsoft to integrate into its Azure Blockchain as a Service, allowing developers to develop and deploy Lisk blockchain applications using Microsoft's cloud computing platform.

Frequently Asked Questions

Token Perspective: Lisk (LSK) is the native cryptocurrency token of the Lisk platform. It operates as a utility token, facilitating various activities within the Lisk ecosystem, including transactions, delegate voting, and participation in the platform's consensus mechanism.

Platform Perspective: The Lisk platform is a blockchain application platform designed to enable developers to build applications and deploy their custom sidechains linked to the Lisk mainchain. This design aims to tackle scalability and flexibility issues associated with other blockchains. The Lisk SDK (Software Development Kit) empowers developers to build applications in JavaScript, one of the world's most commonly used programming languages.

The LSK token has multiple utilities within the Lisk platform:

Transaction Fees: It is used to pay for transaction fees on the Lisk network.
Staking: LSK tokens can be staked to earn rewards and to participate in the platform's consensus mechanism.Voting: Holders of LSK can vote for delegates who secure the network and confirm transactions.
Sidechain Registration: Developers may need to spend LSK tokens to register their custom sidechains on the Lisk platform.

Lisk was co-founded by Max Kordek and Oliver Beddows in 2016. Both had previous experience in the blockchain domain, and with Lisk, they aimed to offer a more accessible and scalable blockchain platform, notably emphasizing its SDK and the use of JavaScript for development.