# Yield Harvest and Distribution

Users earn yield by providing liquidity to a strategy or by staking the 0x\_nodes platform token, $0xNODE, in the kernel. New yield is distributed to the user each time yield is harvested from the 0x\_nodes strategies. The 0x\_nodes “yield harvester” is the smart contract that distributes yield to users as claimable native assets. Users manage their rewarded yield through the 0x\_nodes system11 dApp (e.g., view yield, claim/withdrawal yield, or enter yield into a strategy).

The yield harvester distributes yield into four proportions, based on distribution
 weights set in the YieldManager contract:

Distribution weights vary based on market conditions and are viewable on the system11 dApp.

Strategy Rewards: % of yield distributed to the
 holders of a given strategy, in the form of native
 assets. Users who deposit native assets into
 strategies receive the largest proportion of the
 yield.\
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0xNODE buyback: % of yield used to support the
 price of $0xNODE

Treasury Account: % of yield used to cover gas
 for system transactions, future development and
 maintenance of the platform and investment
 losses so users can withdraw their full principal.