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# Token utility

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**Status: In development.** CLI support is planned. This page shows the patterns it will launch with.

Utility is what the token does inside your product when a user holds it or spends it. A token with utility is a claim on your growth and a method to use your product.

## Patterns

| Pattern         | Behavior                                                                  |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Burn for access | A user burns the token to get access to a plan, a feature, or an API call |
| Credits         | The token is your in-product currency. Usage is priced in it              |
| Pre-sold usage  | The raise is also a pre-sale. Buyers hold future usage of the product     |

Burn-based utility does not make your product crypto-only. It can operate next to standard billing as one more payment method.

Configure utility terms before launch, with the rest of the token design. Read [Ownership structures](/founders/structures).