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Internet Computer Applications Use Cycles to Pay for Network Resources

The network creates cycles from Internet Computer (ICP) for canisters to use on computing, storage and bandwidth.

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A passerby checks a smartphone on Genferstrasse in Zürich, Switzerland. / EconoTimes.ai
A passerby checks a smartphone on Genferstrasse in Zürich, Switzerland. / EconoTimes.ai

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Internet Computer (ICP) applications run inside canisters that use cycles to cover network computing, storage and bandwidth needs, tying software activity to resource payments.

A network system creates those cycles from ICP, after which canisters consume them.

Network fees represent payments for using the system, distinct from company income.

Canisters use cycles rather than ICP directly and cannot convert the spent units back into ICP.

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