AION is the native digital asset and economic underpinning of the Open Application Network (OAN). The OAN aims to provide an open-source infrastructure that attempts to address and solve some of the “unintended consequences of platform economies.” The OAN creates a shared public infrastructure for its Open Apps. Open Apps are programs that give privacy, as well as control and ownership, back to the users. The AION token is used to secure and access The OAN. The global OAN community secures and maintains the operations of The OAN, and are incentivised to perform these critical functions by being rewarded in AION. The OAN will allow different blockchain projects to communicate with each other, and their Open Apps are universally accessible across platforms. Governance of The Open Application Network is controlled by The Open Foundation, a registered not-for-profit organization that ensures the highest standards of accountability for the network.