$EDU Gas + fees: Is the native gas token of EDU Chain (pays for transactions like minting NFTs/credentials).

Governance: $EDU holders govern the Open Campus DAO (vote on proposals, budgets, grants, council, etc.).

Payments in the ecosystem: Used to buy platform assets and services, including Publisher NFT minting and (coming) credential minting and premium content access.

Creator incentives: Rewards and grants from the Ecosystem Fund aim to incentivize educators/creators and user engagement.

Staking via pNFTs: Publisher NFTs can be staked to earn $EDU (supporting content creation/distribution).

“Smart donations” & marketplaces (partners/exchanges explainers): EDU facilitates transparent donations/scholarships and is used in pNFT marketplaces.

Structure (how it’s built and organized)

Chains & contracts:

Launched April 28, 2023 on BNB Chain (BEP-20). Also deployed on Ethereum (ERC-20) and bridged to EDU Chain.

Official contracts:

BNB Chain: 0xBdEAe1cA48894A1759A8374D63925f21f2Ee2639

Ethereum: 0xf8173a39c56a554837c4c7f104153a005d284d11

Supply: Fixed 1,000,000,000 max (hard cap).

Allocation (high level):

Ecosystem Fund 25%, Strategic Sale 13%, Advisors 15.5%, Team 10%, Liquidity 10%, Treasury 10%, Early Contributors 7.5%, Binance Launchpad 5%, Operational Expenses 4%. (Institutional buckets total 42.5%; community/other 57.5%.)

Vesting: Tokens unlock over time from TGE (Apr 28, 2023) per the published release schedule.

Key assets in the ecosystem:

Publisher NFTs (pNFTs): Represent ownership of educational content as on-chain assets; tradable and stakeable.

EDU Chain platform: L2-style education-focused chain powering partners, with grants and SDKs to onboard apps/issuers.