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 network''s native utility token, used to Pledging for running discovery or content nodes so that users will receive a higher probability of fan discovery and a share of network fees. Pledging to unlock exclusive features and services such as artist tokens and badges, and to receive votes from fans who want to share in the success. Participation in protocol governance votes to shape future iterations of the protocol