from the whitepaper:
100 Million AntCoins could be generated, representing ALL of the right of using the Antshares Blockchain. ANC will be generated by every new block. With the set slowly-decreasing pace of generation, ANC will be generated from 0 to 100 Million within approximately 22 years.
ANC are used for
•Accounting Charge payment
•Extra Service Charge payment
•Bookkeeper Nominee Deposit as collateral
Ok but lots of exchanges for and coinmarketcap use ANS: for example: https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/ticker/antshares/
Anybody know why the are using ANS outside of the whitepaper?
ANS and ANC are two different things, ANS is Antshares, ANC is Antcoins. Having Antshares on an address makes it possible to get Antcoins. Once a block is mined, each address that holds ANS will get ANC according to its ANS balance.