VaporNodes wallet

What is VaporNodes (VPND)?

VPND is the token of VaporNodes, a node protocol on Avalanche. The token is not the whole product: the central object is a node, which you create by committing VPND to the protocol's contract, with a stated minimum of 1000 VPND per node. Once created, that node is a position registered to your address, and it is the node rather than the raw balance that gives you a vote in the protocol's governance.

So a VPND holder usually ends up with two things at once: a plain token balance in the wallet, and a position inside a contract that the wallet does not display as a balance. They are not the same holding, and only the loose tokens move when you make a transfer.

Everything on the node side is an onchain action signed by your address, and like any transaction on the Avalanche C-Chain it needs AVAX for gas. The protocol also points larger sellers toward over-the-counter handling instead of the open market, which tells you something about how thin ordinary transfers can be.

Supported networks in Tangem (1): Avalanche.

Because those contract interactions come back around, the AVAX for gas and the VPND itself are better off in one place. Tangem holds both in the same wallet and signs by tapping the card against the phone, with no cable to find and no device to charge first. Keeping the token and its gas coin together in Tangem is what turns a recurring trip to a contract into a single tap.