Starknet STRK Token: Governance and Investment Brief

Frequently Asked Questions

01.What is the Starknet STRK token used for?

STRK is Starknet's native token, designed for three functions: paying network transaction fees, participating in protocol governance votes, and staking to secure the network once proof-of-stake validation activates. Starknet Foundation documentation confirms all three utilities were fixed before the token's public distribution.

02.How is the STRK token supply allocated?

Ten billion STRK tokens were minted on Ethereum in November 2022. The Starknet Foundation earmarked 1.8 billion tokens, 18 percent of total supply, for community distribution through the Provisions program and a separate user rebate committee, with the remainder split across core contributors, investors, and the Foundation treasury.

03.Is Starknet's STRK token a security or a utility token?

Under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, STRK's governance and fee-payment utility places it closer to a utility token than a security, though final classification depends on jurisdiction. Capital allocators should treat pre-launch governance tokens as regulatory-unsettled until a formal opinion is issued in their operating jurisdiction.