Kusama

Kusama is a decentralized blockchain network and cryptocurrency designed as a sister network to Polkadot. It serves as a pre-production environment for Polkadot, allowing developers to test and experiment with new features, upgrades, and applications before they are deployed on the more stable Polkadot network. Kusama uses the nominated proof-of-stake (NPoS) consensus mechanism. This uses a network of nominators (KSM stakers) who elect nodes to participate in the transaction validation process.

Kusama adoption is growing among the developer community.

Kusama is not independent of Polkadot, and was created for testing applications before deploying on polkadot

Kusama features on-chain governance capabilities which is both decentralized and permission-less. Anybody with Kusama (KSM) tokens or parachain tokens can vote on their governance proposals.

It has infinite supply. According to Coinmarketcap, the circulating number of coins is more than 8.4 million KSM. (August 2023)

Kusama provides buyers with early exposure to the Polkadot ecosystem

As a Kusama holder, buyers have the opportunity to participate in the network's governance decisions

Kusama provides collaboration and networking opportunities to buyers

Kusama benefits from a shared security model with Polkadot

Transactions on Kusama are fast.

Kusama allows developers to build dApps directly on the blockchain instead of using smart contracts like other blockchains.