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# Photon

Learn about the Photon, Ethermint's staking token. {synopsis}

## Introduction

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The photon's initial distribution and supply is still TBD and will be announced in the future.
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The photon is the staking token used in Ethermint.

## Base Denomination

Ethermint uses [Atto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atto-) Photon as the base denomination to maintain parity with Ethereum.

```
1 photon = 1×10⁻¹⁸ aphoton
```

This matches Ethereum denomination of:

```
1 ETH = 1x10⁻¹⁸ wei
```

## Next {hide}

Learn about the supported [JSON-RPC](./json_rpc.md) methods on Ethermint {hide}
