Audius is a decentralized music-sharing and streaming protocol that facilitates direct transactions between listeners and creators, giving everyone the freedom to distribute, monetize, and stream any audio content. AUDIO is the native utility token of the network and it is used for the following: Staking for running discovery or content nodes so users will get a higher probability of fan discovery and a share of network fees; Staking to unlock exclusive features and services like artist tokens and badges, and receive voting power from fans who want to share in their success; Participating in protocol governance voting to shape future iterations of the protocol.