> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://amanda-reznor-britto.gitbook.io/whitepaper.downbelow.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://amanda-reznor-britto.gitbook.io/whitepaper.downbelow.io/tokenomics/3.1-about-usdabyss.md).

# 3.1 About $ABYSS

$ABYSS is the official currency of the Down Below game.

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**DB** is located in a market with one of the greatest growth potential – the decentralized economy. Such market ​​serve a volume of more than 79m\[1] users, with 1,5bn\[2] of transactions only through the BSC (Binance Smart Chain) network. Games like Axie Infinity figure as a great example of success in this ecosystem, having a total volume of US$3,75bn\[3] and surpassing the valuable collection of NFTs *CryptoPunks*.
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## The token

<mark style="color:orange;">$ABYSS</mark> is used by players to purchase items (<mark style="color:red;">Adventurers</mark>, <mark style="color:green;">Weapons</mark> or **Skills**), as well as being used to purchase in-game features (abyss exploration contracts, team license and provisions for the <mark style="color:red;">Adventurers</mark>).

The total amount of <mark style="color:orange;">$ABYSS</mark> is limited to <mark style="color:blue;"><mark style="color:orange;">100,000,000<mark style="color:orange;"></mark> (a hundred million tokens). In Frame 3 we present the contract number and other details about the token.

**Frame 3 – $ABYSS token contract and details**

<mark style="background-color:orange;">**Contract address:**</mark> <mark style="background-color:orange;"></mark><mark style="background-color:orange;">0x73ec9d20c6a1e8cf34e7e446d76aeb742eb6ae28</mark>

```
Name: Down Below Abyss
Symbol: $ABYSS
Decimals: 18
Network: Binance Smart Chain
Supply: 100.000.000
```

The in-game and out-of-game transactions figures as activities of value production, constituting an open economy that offers the possibility of returns according to the operations strategy adopted.

\[1] <https://www.statista.com/statistics/647374/worldwide-blockchain-wallet-users/>

\[2] <https://cointelegraph.com.br/news/binance-smart-chain-hits-record-high-daily-transactions>

\[3] <https://dappradar.com/nft/collections>.