# Understanding $STEAK STEAK-Holders can receive a share in excess rewards with SteakHut's [STEAKING](/getting-started/steaking.md) rewards application. $STEAK is the native governance token for SteakHut. It has four primary use cases: 1. $STEAK-Holders receive a portion of SteakHut protocol revenues, in the form of staking. 2. $STEAK token holders are able to vote on proposals in direct proportion to their holdings. 3. $STEAK token holders can supply $STEAK-AVAX or $STEAK-ETH LP on Trader Joe to receive compensation for supplying liquidity to the market. 4. Any bonus tokens generated from Trader Joe will be paid as a special bonus to STEAK-holders. ## Obtaining $STEAK Tokens Only 5,000,000 $STEAK tokens will ever be minted to ensure no dilution and create a truly deflationary token. As such there are very limited ways to obtain $STEAK * Users can swap their tokens to $STEAK on the Trader Joe DEX * Users can bridge $STEAK cross-chain through the SteakHut dApp * Users who Zap their JOE into hJOE will receive $STEAK emissions * Through other limited special airdrops and promotional activities --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper-old.steakhut.finance/steak-o-nomics/tokens/understanding-usdsteak.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.