> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://whitepaper-old.steakhut.finance/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://whitepaper-old.steakhut.finance/getting-started/steaking/rewards.md).

# Rewards

Users can allocate their xSTEAK to the rewards staking application to earn a share of real-yield protocol rewards.

Rewards are distributed in the form of one or more tokens and are distributed continuously (reward/second), through weekly epochs.

## Epochs

The distribution is based on a weekly epoch logic: every week, a fixed part of the owner-defined accumulated tokens is marked as to be distributed. This is then distributed at a constant rate over 7 days.

Rewards will be accrued from across the SteakHut platform: V1 pools, liquidity vaults, auto compounding vaults. 

## Payouts handling

The rewards attributed to the reward application are paid out equally throughout 7 days, and earnt in real-time, each second by users with xSTEAK allocated to the rewards application, proportionally to their share of the total allocation.

Users can harvest their rewards at any time.

## Deallocation

Deallocating xSTEAK from the Rewards plugin will stop the user from earning rewards. This can be completed at any time.

The deallocation fee is 0.5%, users who hold a STEAK.jpeg NFT are exempt from the deallocation fee.