The $VITE token plays a multifaceted role within the Vite ecosystem. Primarily, it determines the computing and storage resources a user can commandeer. The more $VITE tokens a user has, the higher their transaction quota. Users can also lease out unused quotas for profit. Holding $VITE tokens grants users voting rights, scaled proportionally to their token count, allowing them to elect proxy nodes within snapshot consensus groups responsible for verifying transactions. In certain scenarios, Vite tokens are "burned" and removed from the system, serving as a method to curtail liquidity and counteract inflation.

The platform offers a conducive environment for dApps, digital asset issuance, and token exchanges, with a vision for further enhancements including an HTML5 engine for dApplet creation and comprehensive SDK support for dApp development.