Asteroid, Ltd. is building a decentralized database whereby private individuals, corporations and nation states can register claims on mining rights to over 600,000 identified asteroids in our near celestial orbit using a smart contract and proprietary BlockClaim® mechanisms.
ASTRcoin (ticker: ASTR) is a cryptocurrency token from Asteroid Ltd, the team behind the asteroidltd.io project. In plain terms, it's a digital asset that lives on a blockchain: a smart contract at a fixed address keeps the record of who owns what, so transfers happen without a bank in the middle. You can hold it, send it, and use it wherever the project's ecosystem supports it.
ASTR is a token, not a blockchain of its own — while Bitcoin runs on its own independent network, ASTRcoin exists as a smart contract on an established chain. That means it doesn't need its own miners or validators; it borrows the security of the platform it lives on. The practical takeaway: the token is only as reliable as the blockchain underneath it.
Everything runs through a smart contract at 0x80e7a4d750ade616da896c49049b7ede9e04c191, built on token standard 3. The contract is simply code living on the blockchain: it stores balances, checks that a sender actually has the funds, and updates the ledger after every transfer. Because the code is public, anyone can read the rules or verify a transaction on a block explorer.
The emission rules are hard-coded in the smart contract, which makes the contract address the single source of truth for how many tokens exist and who holds them. There's no one at a desk printing ASTR — supply can only change the way the code allows. For exact figures, any block explorer linked to the contract will show total supply and holder distribution in real time.
You keep ASTR in any wallet that supports the network it runs on — just add the token manually using the official contract address, 0x80e7a4d750ade616da896c49049b7ede9e04c191. Always double-check that address character by character, because scammers love deploying fake clones under similar names. For where the token is actually usable, check the official site at asteroidltd.io — and never share your wallet's seed phrase with anyone.