# $PIN Tokens

At the heart of the incentivization structure in the PinLink ecosystem is the $PIN token. The $PIN token serves two key functions in the Pinlink ecosystem:

**Payment For DePIN Output:** AI developers who wish to rent out DePIN capacity from PinLink must buy $PIN tokens and use them to pay for the capacity of the specific DePIN asset they are renting out. The revenues are split between the fractional owners of the RWA ERC-1155 tokens that represent the DePIN asset being rented.

**$PIN Staking Revenue:** Holders of $PIN tokens can also stake their holdings to receive reserved reward tokens.


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