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![shejiggles Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1564381756769374209.png) shejiggles 🟧🍑 🧪 Building Alkanes [@shejiggles](/creator/twitter/shejiggles) on x XXX followers
Created: 2025-07-18 10:11:22 UTC

A question most of us ask;

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $SMYP AND $SMY ? 

$SMY: mainnet token, not live yet. This will power real protocol fees, incentives, maybe governance. 

$SYMP: this is like a testnet token that devs use to build and stimulate on symphony. No real value per se.

We know that before symphony rebranded it was called cadence and $SYMP is the testnet token native to cadence 

So basically $SMY is what will power the protocol when mainnet is live!

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwId0kSWMAAUUE0.jpg)

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**Related Topics**
[symp](/topic/symp)
[devs](/topic/devs)
[governance](/topic/governance)
[protocol](/topic/protocol)
[token](/topic/token)
[mainnet](/topic/mainnet)
[$smy](/topic/$smy)
[$smyp](/topic/$smyp)

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