Let's talk about how to earn and claim CRV token. CRV is a native control token in the Curve protocol.
- If you have provided liquidity before the token launch, you can claim a token here: http://dao.curve.fi/minter/vesting.
Since the tokens are issued gradually. In line Unvested tokens you can see how many tokens you can claim right now. Click on the Claim button to claiming.
How to Earn Tokens?
To earn tokens, you need to become a liquidity provider in any of the Curve Finance pools. How to make a deposit in a pool, you can read in OP. After making a deposit, you will receive LP tokens.
The reason behind this is that you need to be staking your LP tokens through Curve to earn CRV.
Staking your LP tokens on Mintr
- 1. Go to https://dao.curve.fi/minter/gauges
- 2. Click Deposit button.
Your rewards on Mintr or on the Curve DAO can be left unclaimed as long as you wish. They do not expire.
If you stake your LP tokens elsewhere, or do not stake them anywhere, then:
- 1. Unstake your LP tokens, then go to https://dao.curve.fi/minter/gauges
- 2. Click Deposit button.
- 3. Check your deposit on the gauge.
Go to here to see how you can increase CRV rewards by vote locking. The program started on August 28, 2020.
The material used is from https://guides.curve.fi/how-to-earn-and-claim-crv/