Lending Pool
A lending pool is a smart-contract pool containing assets supplied for borrowing and earning interest.
✦ Key Insight
Understanding Lending Pool helps users evaluate DeFi yield, leverage, liquidity, borrowing risk, and protocol incentives without relying only on headline APY or token rewards.
✕ Common Misconceptions
Do not assume Lending Pool works the same across protocols. Check contract design, liquidation rules, oracle dependencies, fees, and smart-contract risk before committing funds.
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Smart Contract
A smart contract is blockchain-deployed code that can hold state and execute predefined rules when called.
DeFi
Short for “Decentralized Finance,” it refers to financial applications built on blockchain networks that operate without traditional intermediaries.
Liquidity
Liquidity describes how easily an asset can be bought or sold in meaningful size without causing a large change in price.
Yield Farming
Moving capital between DeFi protocols to earn the highest available rewards, usually paid in a protocol's own token.
Collateral
Assets you lock up to secure a loan or a leveraged position, which can be seized if the position falls below its required threshold.