# OVERVIEW

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🌊🐳🦈 Whale sharks are a keystone species, playing a vital role in indirectly influencing other species in the marine ecosystem 🐙🐚. Their control of small plankton 🦐 and fish 🐠 populations affects larger predatory species and affects overall biodiversity 🐡🐬🐢.

Even in death ☠️ the whale shark's influence is massive, acting like a shipwreck :pirate\_flag: of a valuable vessel carrying treasure :gem:. The whale shark carcass attracts a diverse range of species, creating a feast that enriches surrounding waters and supports new life 🦀🦑🦞.

Similarly, the CWS platform uses smart contracts and systems to form a cohesive ecosystem mirroring the natural marine ecosystem. These are reffered to as islets & habitats 🌞🌴🌊.

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Our 🏝️ islets & habitats :tropical\_fish: provide a variety of utilities for users that creates a 🏄 resilient system inspired by the marine ecosystem.

[Read the Visual Paper](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/overview/details)

🌊🐳🦈 CWS Project TL;DR:

* The CWS ecosystem is inspired by marine ecosystem with whale sharks as keystone species.
* Smart contracts and systems used to form cohesive system of tokens, LP tokens, and non-token smart contracts called The [CWS Islets](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/islets-vaults) or [Habitats](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/habitats).
* [Whale Shark NFT](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/erc-721) token maintains balance and diversity of ecosystem, providing access to specific areas and acquiring the [Plankton token](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/erc-20).
* The [Plankton token](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/erc-20) is foundation of ecosystem, generating reflections in the form of [wBTC](https://wbtc.network/) for token holders & generating liquidity.
* The [Shipwreck Reef](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/islets-vaults#the-shipwreck-reef) is an islet contract that distributes ETH from NFT royalties to various parties including [Whale Shark NFT](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/erc-721) token holders.
* The [Pirates Booty Bay](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/islets-vaults#the-pirates-booty-bay) is an NFT instant stream contract that incentivizes holding [Whale Shark NFT](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/erc-721) and creates price floor for CWS NFTs in ETH, PLNKTON and LPs.
* The [Mangrove Lagoon](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/islets-vaults#the-mangrove-lagoon) is a NFT vested streaming smart contract that distributes tokens to [Whale Shark NFT](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/erc-721) holders over time.
* The [Wilderness Islets](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/islets-vaults/the-wilderness-islets) (aka Deep Sea Vaults) are third party services that we use to incentivize liquidity and where [Whale Shark NFT](https://psychophilosophy.gitbook.io/crypto-whale-sharks/the-cws-ecosystem/erc-721) go to filter feed plankton.

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🌊🌊 Continue reading to dive into :person\_swimming:⛵ The CWS Ecosystem🐠🐬🦑<br>

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