🔧 STON.fi is not a centralized exchange where they ask for your passport, card PIN, and a photo with a cat. This is a DEX (decentralized exchange) that operates on TON and allows you to swap tokens directly from your wallet, without intermediaries.
💧 1. What is liquidity and what does it have to do with you?
STON.fi operates on the basis of liquidity pools. For someone to exchange TON for STON (and vice versa), these tokens must be in the pool. And it is the users, meaning you and me, who add these tokens there.
🔹 You deposit, say, 100 TON and 100 STON into the pool.
🔹 You receive LP tokens — this is like your ticket to earn a share of the fees.
🔹 When someone swaps TON ↔ STON — the exchange takes a fee, and you receive your share.
💡 So you become a liquidity provider, meaning a co-owner of the exchange. STON.fi does not hold your funds — everything works through smart contracts. Trust is based not on pretty words but on code.
📈 2. Where does the profit come from?
The fee for each swap (for example, 0.3%) is distributed among all who provided liquidity. The more trades there are — the more you earn. Also, STON.fi often has additional boosters — providing liquidity grants tokens that can be staked or sold.
😬 3. What about the risks?
There is something called impermanent loss — temporary losses if the price of one token changes significantly. But if the pool is active and you stay in it for a long time — the fees can cover this risk.
🏁 4. Alright, let's go add liquidity
🔗 Go to STON.fi
🔗 Connect Tonkeeper
🔗 Choose a pair (for example, TON/STON)
🔗 Deposit tokens
🔗 You receive LP and enjoy the fact that your tokens are working while you sleep
