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Stake yb-LP

Staking flow and what changes about your position when you do.

Before you stake​

Read Staked vs Unstaked Economics. The decision materially changes your return profile:

  • Staked positions earn only YB emissions. They do not accrue unstaked PPS growth.
  • Watermark drawdown is real (recoverable, but temporary hits below deposit value are possible). Read Watermark & Recovery before staking a significant amount.
  • If you need to exit or rebalance on short notice, watermark drawdown can leave you redeeming below deposit. Only stake capital you can leave for the recovery window.

Steps​

  1. yieldbasis.com → Your Positions.
  2. Click Stake. Approve yb-LP for the LiquidityGauge (one-time per market).
  3. Enter amount. Confirm.

Or: at deposit time, use "Deposit & Stake" (StakeZap) to do both in one transaction.

What happens on-chain​

  • yb-LP.transfer(gauge, amount) → gauge calls LT hook.
  • LT updates staked, ideal_staked, staked_tokens in the liquidity struct.
  • Gauge mints receipt shares to your address (1:1 with staked yb-LP).

How emissions accrue​

Within a gauge, YB emissions distribute pro-rata to stakers by staked balance. There is no per-user veYB boost on top of your pro-rata share — veYB power is exercised at the vote-weight level (it determines how much emission the gauge as a whole receives, via GaugeController).

Two influences on your personal emission flow:

  1. Your gauge's adjusted_weight = raw_weight × sqrt(staked / total_supply) — rises with the gauge's total staking adoption. See Gauges & Emissions.
  2. Your staked share within the gauge — purely pro-rata by staked yb-LP balance.

If you want to grow the emission share of your gauge, vote veYB for it. See Lock YB for veYB and Vote for Gauges.

Accrued YB emissions are claimed from the market's Token Yield → Claim Rewards tab:

Claim Rewards tab on a market page: claim accrued YB emissions