# Introduction

At its core, Cepheus is composed of two primary parts that work together in conjunction:

1. The Space Station - a platform that helps new projects build out their Web3 infrastructure that acts as one of several revenue sources for the Cepheus Protocol.
2. Cepheus DNFT - that reward holders in a variety of different ways and tokens, including the $CEPH token, which is needed to use the Space Station.

Cepheus is as much a platform for builders as it is for holders. In the subsequent sections, we’ll take a deep dive into how these two parts work together to create a platform that can scale sustainably by leveraging the dynamic nature of DNFTs to give holders more rewards and more use-cases as time passes.

The Cepheus protocol is managed by people around the world who hold its governance token. Through a proven system, inspired by Compound, users make on-chain decisions to improve the protocol over time.

The protocol is built modularly; each component has its purpose and contributes to a sustainable protocol. This is how the protocol would look like from a high-level overview: