# 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. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.insoblokai.io/whitepaper/core-protocol-and-infrastructure/protocol-enhancements-and-architectural-overview/native-token-utility-usdinso.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.