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A quick guide to yield farming

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Yield farming routes your assets through DeFi protocols (lending, liquidity pools, incentives) to earn interest, fees, and rewards. Returns vary by strategy, pool health, and market conditions.

How yield farming works

1
Deposit

Add single assets or LP tokens to a vault or farm contract.

2
Earn

Collect swap fees, borrow interest, or incentive tokens (auto-compounded).

3
Compound

Harvested rewards are re-invested to grow your principal over time.

4
Withdraw

Exit the vault/pool; consider cooldowns, fees, and slippage for LP unwinds.

How to compare yield platforms

Real APY

Net after fees, emissions decay, and auto-compound frequency. Beware promotional APRs.

TVL & liquidity

Enough depth to enter/exit; thin pools increase slippage and IL risk.

Audits & safety

Audit history, bug bounties, timelocks, multisig signers, pause mechanics.

Strategy design

Where yield comes from (fees, lending, incentives) and how often it rebalances.

Key risks

  • Smart-contract risk: bugs, upgrade attacks, oracles/bridges.
  • Impermanent loss: LP positions diverge from holding spot assets.
  • Emissions decay: rewards fall as incentives wind down or TVL grows.
  • Liquidity crunch: thin TVL raises slippage and exit risk during volatility.

Frequently asked questions

APR excludes compounding; APY assumes reinvestment. Auto-compounders convert APR into realized APY based on harvest frequency and fees.

Yes—smart-contract failures, depegs, or oracle manipulation can impair vault assets. Mitigate with blue-chip pools, hardware wallets, and small test deposits first.