> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://bluwhale.gitbook.io/bluwhaleai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://bluwhale.gitbook.io/bluwhaleai/tokens/usdbluai/tokenomics/utility.md).

# Utility

The $BLUAI token is critical to Bluwhale's decentralized AI network, as it powers the intelligence layer's adoption through gas, burning and emission mechanisms. 

1. Gas: The more dApps, AI models, LLMs, and AI agents/bots query the graph structure of Bluwhale's AI layer, the more gas fees will be burnt which leads to lower total token supply
2. Node Operations: Incentivizes proper network operations and node up-times
3. Governance: Ethical AI Oversight by giving voting power to $BLUAI token holders. A combination of token and node holdings as well as number of staked tokens will set the voting power for each individual