# AlienFi Pools

In staking pools you can stake $ALIEN tokens to earn more tokens. The reward token depends on the pool you're staked in, it can either be $ALIEN or any other partner's token. Whether you've earned your $ALIEN tokens through yield farming or purchased them, staking is a simple and accessible way to grow your income stream.

**Effortless Staking Experience**

Our staking pools are designed to be user-friendly and accessible to all, regardless of technical expertise. With the ability to stake and unstake tokens almost at no cost, you can manage your income stream as you see fit. Everything is done through smart contracts, ensuring secure, transparent, decentralized and fair distribution of rewards.

**Take Control of Your Assets**

From staking or unstaking your tokens at any time from the flexible staking pools or locking your assets in the time lock staking pools for a fixed time period, you retain full control over your assets and you can build your strategies accordingly.\
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**Discover the Benefits of Staking on AlienFi**

Staking your $ALIEN tokens in AlienFi staking pools is an excellent way to earn rewards. The key features of staking include:

* **Flexibility:** Stake as many or as little $ALIEN tokens as you wish, and unstake some or all of them at any time with ease (if you're not staked in time lock).
* **Harvest or Reinvest:** Choose to harvest your rewards at any time or reinvest them back into the staking pool to increase your rewards.
* **APR Calculator:** Get a clear understanding of the expected return on your investment by using the APR calculator.
* **Decentralized and Secure:** The staking process is fully decentralized and ensures fair, secure, and transparent distribution of rewards.

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**Note:** Please be advised that the annual percentage yields (APRs) are dynamic and subject to change frequently due to various factors such as token prices of both staked & reward tokens and total tokens staked in the pool. The listed APRs and related calculators are intended to offer a current illustration of these factors, however, they may vary daily.
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**Harvesting**

Users can access their accumulated rewards from a staking pool by either withdrawing them to their wallet or compounding them back into the Staking Pool. When selecting "Harvest", the earned tokens will be sent to the user's wallet, leaving their staked balance in the smart contract.

For the ALIEN-ALIEN Staking Pool, compounding is also an option where the user can add their earned $ALIEN to their staked balance as additional input tokens, potentially leading to more rewards.

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Note: Compounding is currently only available for the ALIEN-ALIEN Staking Pool.
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**Key Considerations**

The APR of a Staking Pool is influenced by three main factors: the value of the staked token (i.e., $ALIEN), the value of the reward token, and the quantity of the staked tokens inside the pool. Understanding the impact of these factors on the APR of a Staking Pool is critical.

* If the price of $ALIEN increases and the price of the reward token remains constant, the APR will decrease.
* If the price of $ALIEN decreases and the price of the reward token remains constant, the APR will increase.
* If the price of the reward token increases and the price of $ALIEN remains constant, the APR will increase.
* If the price of the reward token decreases and the price of $ALIEN remains constant, the APR will decrease.
* If the quantity of $ALIEN staked in a Staking Pool increases, the APR will decrease, as the same amount of reward tokens is distributed among more input tokens.
* If the quantity of $ALIEN staked in a Staking Pool decreases, the APR will increase, as the same amount of reward tokens is distributed among fewer input tokens.
