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# ASK Tokenomics

ASK is the native token of the Permission ecosystem. ASK is issued by the Permission Association, a Swiss nonprofit association based in Zug.

#### **Family Rewards**

Permission family subscriptions include a monthly allocation of ASK that parents use to reward their children for completing tasks, learning activities, and building healthy digital habits. Parents may also add ASK to their account through in-app purchases.

ASK held within the Permission app is used only for in-app rewards. It cannot be sent to or received from wallets outside the app, has no cash value, and can be redeemed only for rewards offered in the app, subject to the app's redemption rules.

ASK used for family rewards is supplied from the Ecosystem Rewards allocation.

### Supply 

**Total Supply**: 100,000,000,000 ASK across all supported networks. ASK is deployed as an Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) via LayerZero; moving ASK between networks does not change total supply.

### Allocation

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### Unlock Schedule

ASK follows a long-term unlock schedule designed to:&#x20;

* Align incentives across stakeholders
* Support sustainable ecosystem growth

You can view real-time supply data via our API:

* Total supply: `https://api.permission.io/v1/token/supply?q=total`
* Circulating supply: `https://api.permission.io/v1/token/supply?q=circulating`

The unlock schedule may adjust over time in response to governance decisions or strategic platform evolution.

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### ASK Utility & Usage

#### **Today: Family Rewards & Incentives**

ASK is used by parents as a flexible reward mechanism to:

* Incentivize positive behaviors
* Reinforce habits, learning, and responsibility
* Support goal-setting and value-aligned motivation within families

#### **Planned: Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Value Exchange**

Trusted One-to-One Relationships™

Permission is developing features that would allow AI agents operating within the Permission Protocol to use ASK for permissioned, auditable value exchange on behalf of the people they represent.&#x20;

As agents negotiate, coordinate, and transact on behalf of humans, ASK may service as the native medium for A2A interactions.

This feature is not yet available, and its timing and design may change.


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