# $BNS

$BNS is a governance token specifically designed for Base Name Service. It allows users to participate in platform governance, stake their tokens, and earn rewards.

[https://airdrop.basename.domains](https://airdrop.basename.domains/)\
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250,000,000 of a total 500,000,000 tokens will be **airdrop to .bns, .era, .eth, .lin, and .pol owners** on Aug 30, 2023. Financial infrastructure is explained in detail in the Tokenomics section. The BNS token contract is open source**.** Wallets of the tokens allocated in the contract are in detail.

Fair Launch : <https://twitter.com/basenameservice/status/1695173234432364779>

**Tokenomics**

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**Stake**

Invest in the future with 365% APY per year. In the first phase, 75 Million Tokens are reserved for the Stake pool to be distributed. There is no mandatory expiry time for their exit to the staking pool.

<https://airdrop.basename.domains/stake>

**Buy BNS Token**

[UniSwap](https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap?outputCurrency=0xc5bebd5a6ae6be4fcf383eea014fb1dbd43789ca\&chain=base)

**Stats**

[DexScreener](https://dexscreener.com/base/0x87cC1A18Aa05be3d73ADAabAACC5cBeE5de98B37)


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