# $VRSW Token

**VirtuSwap token&#x20;**<mark style="color:orange;">**$VRSW**</mark>**&#x20;is the core token to govern the VirtuSwap protocol.** The main purposes of the VirtuSwap token are to **incentivise liquidity providers** on the VirtuSwap  DEX as well as to involve as many users as possible in the governance of the protocol.

Currently, the token is used for staking or locking, boosting liquidity providers’ incentives, and voting.&#x20;

<mark style="color:orange;">$VRSW</mark> stakers token will receive <mark style="color:orange;">$veVRSW</mark> - the Vote Escrowed VRSW token, that holds the corresponding voting power to participate in DAO decision-making.

### Contract Addresses

<mark style="color:orange;">$VRSW</mark> was originally [minted](https://etherscan.io/address/0x99A01A4d6a4D621094983050D9A2F10B2912e53D) on Ethereum, and the [algorithmic emission ](https://docs.virtuswap.io/virtuswap-documentation/virtuswap-basics/vrsw-tokenomics#emission-schedule)of the token happens on Ethereum.&#x20;

**The token is bridged to Polygon and Arbitrum**

* **Polygon:** [<mark style="color:orange;">0x57999936fC9A9EC0751a8D146CcE11901Be8beD0</mark>](https://polygonscan.com/address/0x57999936fc9a9ec0751a8d146cce11901be8bed0)
* **Arbitrum:** [<mark style="color:orange;">0xd1E094CabC5aCB9D3b0599C3F76f2D01fF8d3563</mark>](https://arbiscan.io/address/0xd1E094CabC5aCB9D3b0599C3F76f2D01fF8d3563)&#x20;

## Guides on how to bridge $VRSW between blockchains

How to bridge <mark style="color:orange;">$VRSW</mark> from ERC-20 to Polygon and back: <https://medium.com/@virtuswap/vrsw-bridging-there-and-back-1730e71bbe04>&#x20;

How to bridge <mark style="color:orange;">$VRSW</mark> from ERC-20 to Arbitrum and back: <https://medium.com/@virtuswap/vrsw-from-ethereum-to-arbitrum-and-back-4671812f6913><br>