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Kusama (KSM) lands on Young Platform!

Anna Perozzi

March 9, 2022

2 min

New listing on Young Platform! Here is KSM, the token of Kusama, the blockchain for those who want to test the Web3

From the developers of Polkadot, from the co-founder of Ethereum, from the technology of the Web3 Foundation, here’s Kusama! From today on Young Platform you can buy KSM, the token of the blockchain known as a sandbox for developers of decentralised projects.

What is Kusama?

Kusama is a blockchain born in 2016 as an experimental version of Polkadot. The goal of its developers was to have a network with a token that was actually on the market in order to test dapps or updates, and then to bring them to Polkadot. It is precisely because of this testing function that Kusama is called a “canary network”, referring to the scouting role of canaries used by miners to detect harmful gases in mines.

Although it is independent of Polkadot, Kusama shares its basic code and, like Polkadot, is defined as a Layer 0 blockchain on which to build parachains and parathreads. Compared to Polkadot, Kusama is a lighter and faster blockchain designed for the development of decentralised projects.

What is KSM?

KSM is the native token of the Kusama blockchain. The KSM token is mainly used for staking on which the blockchain’s consensus mechanism, the Nominated Proof-of-Stake, is based. According to this mechanism, block validators are appointed based on the amount of KSM being staked. The token is also used to vote on network governance and to connect parachains and parathreads to Layer 0.

Why have we chosen KSM?

Like Polkadot, Kusama focuses on a key feature of Web 3.0 blockchains, namely interoperability. Together the two chains form an ecosystem focused on scalable and secure technology development. In fact, Kusama is perfect for experimenting with the potential of Polkadot in a cheap and fast way. Kusama is much more flexible and sets less strict rules for developers. Once you are fully operational on Kusama, you can get going on Polkadot!