# Profiles

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Accounts are the data storage mechanism for Solana. The extremely low cost of transactions sets Solana apart from other blockchains because a lot of data can be stored at a relatively cheap cost. We aim to change the way users & developers think about account implementation. Accounts can be much, much more than just technical state storing. With xAndria, your Profile account updates dynamically, based on your contributions, all presented in a gamified experience. 

#### High Level

* It's a 1/1 account (though not owned by spl-token program), non-fractionalizable, and it's metadata is contained within itself
* So it is non-fungible, and has the added characteristics of an NFT, i.e. (meta)data
* It's also non-transferable, and dynamically updates depending on only the user's actions
* Is it a token *per se*? Not in the traditional sense (i.e. an account owned by the SPL-Token program). But it is an account nonetheless. And by the definition of the word *Token* itself, it is a digital token.
* It's a token of the cumulative total of that user's contribution to Solana. And that, in itself, has *inherent* value.

**xAndria's first mock-up of a user profile** 

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