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# UNIT

The introduction of UNITs was one of the first things we did early on at Next Earth. UNITs can be earned for community engagement and activities and so far they could be spent to gain a discount on land purchases.  Every land tile automatically generates UNITs for the user on a regular basis at a rate of 1 UNIT per tile per month. 

UNITs will be a usable resource by Businesses that develop their applications on Next Earth but as a baseline they have utility within the economy for achieving land purchase discounts and boosting APY in the Next Earth Staking Protocol.<br>