# $GPU Utility

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**Here are some of the primary roles of $GPU:**

* $GPU will be the transactional currency within the GPU Network ecosystem.
* $GPU provider rate per machine to be determined by protocol depending on demand & supply.
* $GPU will be used for incentivization or penalty for network stakeholders (providers & consumers).
* $GPU will be staked by consumers to get uninterruptible instances, higher the staking higher the priority for running instances for longer periods of time.
* $GPU can also be staked by investors and earn a yield by consumers who do not want to stake and instead give a yield to the single asset LPs.