🧵STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL ON HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE KERNEL DAO ECOSYSTEM GAIN VAULTS

🚀 What is “Gain by Kelp”?

Gain by Kelp is a collection of smart-contract vaults designed to automatically farm rewards and optimize strategies for airdrops and yield generation on ETH and its liquid-staked derivatives. These vaults are non-custodial, meaning you always maintain full control of your assets and can withdraw at any time.

1. Connect Your Wallet

Head to the Gain section in the Kelp dApp and connect a compatible wallet (e.g. MetaMask).

Supported assets include ETH and derivatives like stETH, ETHx, or rsETH

2. Choose & Deposit

Select the Airdrop Gain vault, then deposit one of the supported assets.

Once deposited, you'll be issued a vault receipt token—agETH—representing your vault share

3. How It Works Under the Hood

Assets get bridged to partner Layer‑2 networks (e.g., Scroll, Linea, EigenLayer, Karak) to capture airdrop and restaking rewards

You receive agETH, a liquid receipt token that can be deployed in other DeFi protocols (e.g., Pendle) for further yield

4. Earning Rewards

By using Airdrop Gain, you can stack rewards from:

Restaking incentives (e.g. Karak XP, EigenLayer Points, Kelp Miles)

L2 airdrops (e.g. boosted LXP-L, Scroll Marks)

Infra incentives (points from network infra)

Additional DeFi yields are coming soon

5. Track Performance Easily

Use the Gain dashboard to monitor:

Vault balances

Dynamic rewards

Airdrop accruals

Everything is updated in real-time

6. Withdraw & Redeem

Redeeming agETH returns your initial asset (e.g. rsETH, stETH)

Redemption may take around 2–3 days (for restaked derivatives)

Withdrawals are open anytime, although timing depends on asset type.

7. Fees

A 2% annual platform fee, split between Kelp, strategists, and infra providers, is automatically applied