# Overview The PineDAO is Pine’s community-owned DAO which plays an active role as a liquidity provider and incubator within the NFT space, with the focus on driving the adoption of NFT technology and the development of NFTFi solutions. The Pine Token ("$PINE") is the ecosystem token for the Pine Protocol issued by the PineDAO. The structure, distribution, emission schedule and utilities of $PINE have been designed meticulously to make the protocol scalable and sustainable. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.pine.loans/ecosystem/overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.