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# How to Earn

Users who lock apxUSD and or purchase aptUSD can receive rewards generated by the protocol.

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Using the Apyx Earn tab, users can lock apxUSD to receive apyUSD vault shares and earn protocol-generated rewards:

1. Users lock or unlock by clicking “Lock” or “Unlock,” which prompts their wallet to sign the transaction.
2. Once confirmed, the position transitions atomically in a single transaction and users receive apyUSD or aptUSD (when locking) or apxUSD (when unlocking).

Users who want to earn yield via aptUSD can instead use the Apyx swap page to swap directly into aptUSD.

### Key Information

* Rewards accrue to the respective vault and are distributed linearly, causing the value of apyUSD or aptUSD to increase over time. As a result, users do not need to claim rewards separately; simply holding apyUSD or aptUSD is sufficient.
* When users initiate an unlock, the amount received reflects the originally locked principal plus the accrued increase in value from the time of locking up to the unlock request.
* apyUSD unlocking follows a 20-day cooldown while aptUSD has instant unlock support.


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