A cryptocurrency that is native to its own blockchain and used to pay transaction fees and secure the network. Ether (ETH) is the coin of Ethereum, and Bitcoin (BTC) is the coin of the Bitcoin network. Coins differ from tokens, which run on top of another chain.
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