Nitro Network wallet

What is Nitro Network (NCASH)?

Nitro Network belongs to the decentralised infrastructure crowd: instead of a company laying down coverage, individuals run gateways - LoRaWAN for low-power devices, cellular equipment for wider connectivity - and NCASH is the unit the network uses to account for that capacity and for the data moving across it. The token's purpose is tied to physical hardware in the world, which makes it an unusual thing to hold: its role only makes sense as long as gateways are actually running.

There is a specific trap with this ticker. NCASH has a history under the project's earlier identity, when it existed as an Ethereum token, and the name and branding changed along the way. The balance discussed here is the Avalanche one. An old Ethereum contract carrying the same five letters is not the same balance, is not interchangeable with it, and a transfer between the two networks is not something a wallet can perform on its own.

On Avalanche it behaves as a standard C-Chain token: transfers are settled in AVAX, and that fee coin must be present at the address before anything can be signed.

When a token has moved chains once, addresses matter more than usual, because the one you control has to survive whatever the project does next. With Tangem the key is generated in the card's secure element and never leaves it, so the same address stays yours through any future migration, claim or contract change, with a backup card rather than a written phrase standing behind it. That continuity is the argument for keeping NCASH here.

Supported networks in Tangem (1): Avalanche.