Lost in Space: LEO Rewards Confusion by thatcryptodave

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hive-167922 · @thatcryptodave · Jan 24 '21 (edited)

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Lost in Space: LEO Rewards Confusion

So it's that time! The rewards from my first post were unlocked yesterday-- cue the music-- and I decided to stake almost all of it. The mechanics of these things aren't entirely clear to me yet, but I'll probe that topic in a moment. First...

## Did I Get All My LEO Rewards?

The breakdown in the pop-up (not pictured) indicates that I should've received 16.74 LEO Rewards, but it seems I only got about half of that. Is that normally how it works-- a portion of my earnings go back into the LEO ecosystem-- and I just haven't yet noticed or come across this detail?

![My First Leo Rewards on Leo Finance.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmRFxdCXLgUccYxKuRqWFQuaRvWa9EpQntwGsPxvdZEycJ/My%20First%20Leo%20Rewards%20on%20Leo%20Finance.png)

I know there is the option in my account settings where I can choose to give 5% of my earnings back to Leo Finance, and I opted in... but that would only be about 1.6 LEO in this case, so I'm still confused.

This realization hit me in the midst of my research on staking and delegation for Hive and Leo Finance. I'll continue to dig, but it surprises me how little information is out there on the basics of staking and delegation. One solid primer would be helpful... but maybe I just haven't found it yet.

So while I'm on the subject of being a Hive/Leo ploebian, maybe one of you can either: explain the bare-bones basics of staking and delegating my Hive and/or Leo tokens (and what the most helpful and profitable strategies are), or point me towards a resource that can do just that.

![Learning about Hive and LEO.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmayCKPxmAKkbrEG8NhkMskc7bv397S1xa5m2EWGcJKrh1/Learning%20about%20Hive%20and%20LEO.png)

I've read different perspectives, but nothing thoroughly basic: one person talks about how LEO curation rewards are much higher, so they sell HIVE for LEO and delegate; another person talks about delegating their Leo Power for curation rewards, and then is corrected in the comments by a few people saying rewards are only paid when delegating Hive Power...

#### So how does it all work? But first, and more importantly: I really am curious about where the other half of my introduction post's rewards went. So start there and then educate me about what to do with them.

**Baby steps, people...
Cheers: to patient communities.**

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@ocupation · Jan 24 '21

Half of the rewards go to curators and the other half is all yours :).

👍 thatcryptodave, captainklaus

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@thatcryptodave · Jan 24 '21

Boom. Concise and super-helpful! Much appreciated, @ocupation... thanks a lot. 🙏

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