Question 1

What is EWT?

Accepted Answer

EWT is the native utility token of the Energy Web platform. It is used to pay fees for on-chain operations and plays a role in participation mechanisms for network security and infrastructure services; it is not a representation of equity in any company. Following Energy Web's 2025 upgrade, Energy Web X (EWX) carries the long-term technical foundation; EWT remains the token in this ecosystem and also has an official ERC-20 representation on Ethereum. Token representations on different networks serve different network environments, but the official bridge design aims to maintain one EWT supply rather than create additional, independent supplies.

Question 2

What are EWT's practical uses?

Accepted Answer

EWT can be used to pay transaction and smart-contract execution fees on the Energy Web network, namely Gas. When users initiate an operation that needs to write state on-chain, the fee is the cost of having that operation processed and settled by the network, rather than a subscription fee paid to a single application. EWT is also related to network participation: the upgraded EWX uses a Nominated Proof of Stake (NPoS) mechanism, where staking and delegation support network security; Energy Web documentation also uses EWT for nodes and worker node networks. Therefore, Gas usage, staking participation, and infrastructure incentives are uses in different contexts, and paying Gas should not automatically be understood as obtaining staking rewards or governance rights.

Question 3

What is the role of EWT staking?

Accepted Answer

In EWX, EWT staking supports the security of the NPoS network. A Collator seeking to become a block-production participant must meet the minimum self-staking requirement; a Nominator may delegate stake to participants. The network thereby links economic participation with responsibility for maintaining the network. Rewards are not generated automatically merely by holding EWT: the documentation states that delegators may receive rewards, but actual outcomes depend on the network rules in effect at the time, the mode of participation, and the operation of the relevant participants. After the NPoS upgrade was deployed in October 2025, PoA block rewards on the old EWC ceased to be distributed, and the participation mechanism shifted to EWX.

Question 4

How does EWT's supply mechanism work?

Accepted Answer

EWT has a maximum supply of 100 million tokens. The Zurich hard fork in 2025 froze EWC minting at approximately 83.26 million tokens, so the old EWC no longer produces new block rewards under the previous model. Freezing does not mean that the entire maximum supply immediately becomes circulating supply: the maximum supply, the existing supply frozen at that time, and the amount freely usable in the market are different measures. Upgrade documentation states that subsequent chain evolution and supply-related decisions moved into EWX's on-chain governance framework; therefore, no mechanism automatically and continuously increases supply under the old EWC block-reward rules.

Question 5

Can EWT be moved between different blockchains?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but the route depends on the starting point and destination. Following the 2025 upgrade, EWT can be lifted one-way from EWC to EWX; EWX and Ethereum allow movement in both directions. Native EWT holders have no mandatory conversion deadline, and whether to bridge depends on the network token representation supported by the wallet, application, or platform being used. Bridging is not an ordinary transfer between addresses. An EWC→EWX lift locks tokens on EWC and mints a corresponding amount on EWX; an EWX→Ethereum transfer burns on EWX and unlocks on Ethereum, while Ethereum→EWX locks Ethereum tokens and mints on EWX. These paired locking, minting, burning, and unlocking arrangements are intended to maintain a 1:1 unified EWT supply across chains.

Question 6

What is the difference between EWTb and the new Ethereum EWT?

Accepted Answer

EWTb is the historical Ethereum-bridged EWT and is not the same token representation as the official ERC-20 EWT on Ethereum mainnet after the 2025 upgrade. Similar names do not prove that the two can be directly exchanged. The official process requires that, if holding EWTb, it first be bridged back to EWC through the old bridge and then lifted from EWC to EWX; EWTb cannot be bridged directly to EWX, nor can it be directly exchanged for the new ERC-20 EWT using the new bridge. Before transferring into a wallet, trading platform, or bridge interface, first verify the network and token representation it supports; otherwise, compatibility mismatches can complicate subsequent handling.

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