About Songbird

Songbird functions as a Canary network within the Flare ecosystem. The Flare network is a decentralized distributed network that supports the deployment of decentralized applications. Songbird serves as an operational blockchain where developers can test new features before releasing them to the main Flare network. The Flare Network is a Turing-complete Federated Byzantine Agreement system that uses the Avalanche consensus protocol. Its native cryptocurrency is SGB, primarily used as a test token and utility token for the protocol, with a capped supply of 15 billion. Unlike testnets, which often have unlimited token supply, Canary networks like Songbird have limited token supplies. The main purpose of Songbird is to provide a testing environment for new features and upgrades for the main c...