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Cycles / s 
Cycles / s

This is the rate at which cycles are being burned by the network.

Cycles are the digital fuel that powers computation on the network, and they disappear when consumed. When a user buys using a credit card, the payment provider purchases ICP tokens behind the scenes, converts them into cycles, and then charges up the user's hosted software or cloud engines.

1 trillion cycles is worth 1 XDR (known as a Special Drawing Right/SDR), a currency defined by the IMF. 1 XDR is worth about $1.44 USD.

Network market cap 
Network market cap

The network market cap is the number of ICP tokens multiplied by their price. Network users convert ICP tokens into cycles that are burned and disappear (deflation), and they are generated by the network to remunerate node providers operating nodes, and by some participants in network governance (inflation).

ICP tokens exist within network protocol, and enable it to create a network economy without central points of failure.

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    Node Provider Self-declaration

    The identity declaration and good-faith statement a prospective node provider files before the NNS votes on their onboarding proposal.

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    Node Provider Legal Guide

    Guidance on establishing a legal entity for node-provider operations and on local regulatory and tax compliance.

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