Astar

Astar is a multi-chain smart-contract platform that sits within the Polkadot and Ethereum ecosystems, positioning itself as infrastructure for bringing everyday users onto blockchains. It describes itself as a web3 collective that coordinates products and contributors through shared economic and governance rules. The ASTR token is intended to serve both as a governance instrument and as the economic unit that aligns activity across the ecosystem.

Astar Network operates as both a Layer 1 and Layer 2 environment, with the stored data recording a block time of zero minutes, meaning sub-second or near-instant block production is the design goal. ASTR is used to pay transaction fees on the network and to participate in governance decisions that shape the protocol. The token is classified as native to the Astar chain and is present across Polkadot and Ethereum-compatible environments through the Astar Stack, a product framework that unifies the underlying infrastructure.

Over the trailing 30 days the network collected 184.85 USD in total fees, of which 147.63 USD was retained as protocol revenue, implying a take rate of approximately 79.86 percent over that same period; the remaining share, 37.22 USD, went to the supply side, meaning validators or similar infrastructure providers. Annualizing the trailing 30-day fee figure produces 2,249.01 USD in fees and 1,796.16 USD in protocol revenue. Over the trailing 12 months, total fees reached 3,122.26 USD and protocol revenue reached 498.17 USD. Both the 30-day fee and revenue figures declined by roughly 18 to 19 percent compared with the prior period.