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# Native Token Utility: $INSO

The **$INSO** token serves as the native gas and utility token across the ecosystem, with use cases including:

* Gas for all protocol-level transactions
* Minting and trading of digital wardrobe NFTs
* Payments for AI-enhanced features like personalized VTOs
* Staking for validator selection and security
* Reward incentives based on TasteScore, voting activity, and content performance

A hard cap ensures long-term scarcity and sustainable monetary policy, while the **TasteScore-linked reward curve** ensures that high-impact participants earn proportionally more from the protocol’s growth.