diff --git a/content/concepts/ocean-tokens.md b/content/concepts/ocean-tokens.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cc6af01a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/concepts/ocean-tokens.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +title: Ocean Tokens +description: The technical basics of Ocean Tokens. +--- + +## Basics + +**Ocean Tokens** are the [cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency) associated with Ocean Protocol. They are standards-compliant [ERC-20 tokens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERC-20). + +Property | Value +-----------------------|--------- +Token Contract Address | See below +Token Symbol | OCEAN +Decimals of Precision | 18 +Total Token Supply | 1,410,000,000 (not counting testnet tokens) + +## Testnet Ocean Tokens + +There are Ocean Tokens in several testnets, including the Kovan testnet and Nile testnet. They are just testnet Ocean Tokens (i.e. for testing purposes only) and they aren't interchangeable with Mainnet Ocean Tokens. For more details (including token contract addresses), see the the [page about Testnets](/concepts/testnets/). + +## Mainnet Ocean Tokens + +The initial circulating supply of Mainnet Ocean Tokens will become available on the Ethereum mainnet in April 2019. + +**Ethereum Mainnet Token Contract Address:** To be determined + +If you acquired Ocean Tokens before the Ocean mainnet launch (e.g. in the seed round, in the pre-sale, in the token sale, or some other way), then your Ocean Tokens will be sent to the address you provided (in the Ethereum mainnet). + +In the future, the Ocean mainnet will be launched and it will become possible to move Ocean Tokens from the Ethereum mainnet to the Ocean mainnet. The details are to be determined. + +Also in the future (but not necessarily at the same time), it will become possible to earn new Mainnet Ocean Tokens as network rewards. The [Ocean Protocol Technical Whitepaper](https://oceanprotocol.com/tech-whitepaper.pdf) explains that in more detail. + +Note: It won't be possible to _use_ Mainnet Ocean Tokens for Ocean Protocol tasks (such as consuming an asset) in the Ethereum mainnet. In fact, most of the Ocean Protocol keeper contracts (smart contracts) won't be deployed to the Ethereum mainnet. Mainnet Ocean Tokens will only be usable for doing Ocean Protocol tasks in the Ocean mainnet. + +## Further Reading about Ocean Tokens + +- [Get Ether and Ocean Tokens](/tutorials/get-ether-and-ocean-tokens/) +- “[Ocean Tokenomics](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-tokenomics-d34f28c480a8)” +- “[Ocean Tokenomics II](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/https-blog-oceanprotocol-com-ocean-tokenomics-ii-faf05854314b)” +- “[Ocean Token is 0.22€ for the Network Launch](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-token-is-0-22-for-the-network-launch-52a8bd6c9379)” +- [Ocean Protocol Technical Whitepaper](https://oceanprotocol.com/tech-whitepaper.pdf) diff --git a/content/concepts/wallets.md b/content/concepts/wallets.md index 80f9b1af..d83976b7 100644 --- a/content/concepts/wallets.md +++ b/content/concepts/wallets.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Ocean users need a wallet to manage their Ocean Tokens and Ether. T ## Introduction -If you want to use the Ocean Network, then you need Ocean Tokens ([ERC-20 tokens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERC-20)) and Ether. To get and manage Ocean Tokens and Ether, you need a _cryptocurrency wallet_ or _crypto wallet_. +If you want to use the Ocean Network, then you need [Ocean Tokens](/concepts/ocean-tokens/) and Ether. To get and manage Ocean Tokens and Ether, you need a _cryptocurrency wallet_ or _crypto wallet_. ## What Crypto Wallets Can Be Used with Ocean? diff --git a/content/tutorials/get-ether-and-ocean-tokens.md b/content/tutorials/get-ether-and-ocean-tokens.md index e97359ef..6f3f3ec7 100644 --- a/content/tutorials/get-ether-and-ocean-tokens.md +++ b/content/tutorials/get-ether-and-ocean-tokens.md @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ title: Get Ether and Ocean Tokens description: A tutorial about how to get Ether and Ocean Tokens. --- -If you want to interact with an Ethereum-based network that supports Ocean Protocol, then you'll eventually need Ether or Ocean Tokens _for that network_. (Every Ethereum-based network has its own Ether and its own Ocean Tokens, and you can't use those in other networks.) +If you want to interact with an Ethereum-based network that supports Ocean Protocol, then you'll eventually need Ether or [Ocean Tokens](/concepts/ocean-tokens/) _for that network_. (Every Ethereum-based network has its own Ether and maybe its own Ocean Tokens, and you can't use those in other networks.) At the time of writing, there were some public testnets you could use to test an Ocean Protocol application. For more information about those, see the page about [testnets](/concepts/testnets/). -Note: This page _doesn't_ explain how to get Ether or Ocean Tokens for use in the Ocean Mainnet. We'll add that in the future. +Note: This page _doesn't_ explain how to get Ether or Ocean Tokens for use in the Ocean mainnet. ## Get a Compatible Wallet @@ -47,4 +47,18 @@ That command uses [Ethereum's JSON RPC API](https://wiki.parity.io/JSONRPC.html) ## Get Ocean Tokens +### Get Testnet Ocean Tokens + It used to be possible to get Ocean Tokens by clicking Pleuston's "Make it rain" button, but that used an Ocean Protocol keeper function that has been removed for security reasons. The "Make it rain" button might be made to work again in the future, but only in testnets. + +### Get Mainnet Ocean Tokens + +There are several ways that one can (or could) acquire some of the Ocean Tokens in the initial circulating supply (which initially will only be in the Ethereum Mainnet), including: + +- participation in the seed round +- participation in the pre-sale +- participation in the token sale +- completion of a [bounty](/concepts/bounties/) +- assorted other ways + +In the future, there will be other ways to get Mainnet Ocean Tokens. See the page about [Ocean Tokens](/concepts/ocean-tokens/). diff --git a/data/sidebars/concepts.yml b/data/sidebars/concepts.yml index 6605220c..608a26b6 100644 --- a/data/sidebars/concepts.yml +++ b/data/sidebars/concepts.yml @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ link: /concepts/tools/ - title: Testnets link: /concepts/testnets/ + - title: Ocean Tokens + link: /concepts/ocean-tokens/ - title: Wallet Basics link: /concepts/wallets/