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# About the Oxen blockchain

- [Overview](https://docs.oxen.io/oxen-docs/about-the-oxen-blockchain/overview.md): The Oxen blockchain is a private payments system that enables the creation of many privacy-preserving applications
- [Token economics](https://docs.oxen.io/oxen-docs/about-the-oxen-blockchain/oxen-token-economics.md): Learn about the economics of the Oxen token
- [Token burning](https://docs.oxen.io/oxen-docs/about-the-oxen-blockchain/oxen-token-economics/token-burning.md): Oxen has a robust token burning scheme designed to keep inflation under control
- [Oxen Service Nodes](https://docs.oxen.io/oxen-docs/about-the-oxen-blockchain/oxen-service-nodes.md): Oxen Service Nodes provide the underlying support for the Oxen Network
- [Pulse: PoS on Oxen](https://docs.oxen.io/oxen-docs/about-the-oxen-blockchain/pulse-pos-on-oxen.md): Pulse is Oxen's Proof of Stake consensus mechanism
- [Pulse: Deep dive](https://docs.oxen.io/oxen-docs/about-the-oxen-blockchain/pulse-pos-on-oxen/pulse-paper.md): This page provides a more in-depth look at the technical side of Pulse, Oxen's PoS consensus mechanism
- [Blink: Instant transactions](https://docs.oxen.io/oxen-docs/about-the-oxen-blockchain/blink-instant-transactions.md): Bink is Oxen's revolutionary instant payment system