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# Token Benefits

Overview of benefits unlocked by holding and staking AAA tokens within the Arcadia protocol.

Holding and staking AAA unlocks tangible benefits across the Arcadia protocol. The more you stake, the more you get.

## Staking AAA into stAAA

Most benefits require **stAAA**, the staked version of AAA. Staking is 1:1 — stake AAA to mint stAAA and start unlocking perks immediately. For full details on staking mechanics, see [Tokenomics](/governance/tokenomics.md).

Visit <https://arcadia.finance/aaa> to start staking.

## Rebalancer Gas Allowance

stAAA holders get a larger free gas allowance for automating their concentrated liquidity positions. The allowance is measured in the chain's **native token**, not in a number of rebalances, so what it buys depends on what gas costs at the time. A rebalance on Optimism and one on Ethereum differ in price by more than a thousand times, so a fixed count meant something different on every chain.

Every **3,000 stAAA** staked adds another typical Base rebalance per day.

| stAAA staked | Daily allowance | Weekly allowance |
| :----------: | :-------------: | :--------------: |
|       0      |     0.00006     |      0.0003      |
|     3,000    |     0.00009     |      0.00045     |
|     6,000    |     0.00012     |      0.0006      |
|     9,000    |     0.00015     |      0.00075     |
|    30,000    |     0.00036     |      0.0018      |

Figures are native token. At $2,500 per ETH the base allowance is about $0.15 a day and $0.75 a week.

At typical gas prices the base allowance holds 2 rebalances in a day on Base and 12 on Optimism. Those are single-day figures: a rebalance has to fit the weekly allowance too, so what you get every day is about 1.4 on Base and about 8.6 on Optimism. Staking 3,000 stAAA takes those to about 2.1 and about 12.9.

On Ethereum and Robinhood a single rebalance costs many days of the allowance, so the free allowance does not fund one. Positions on those chains rebalance when their own fees cover the gas, or when the owner pays in AAA.

Every transaction is simulated immediately before it is sent. The allowance is charged the measured gas.

The allowance is shared across all of an owner's accounts and across chains, so splitting a position between accounts does not multiply it. Holding AAA is not enough, it has to be staked.

For the full decision logic, including the checks that bypass the allowance entirely, see [Rebalancers](/protocol/asset-managers/rebalancers.md).

## Pay Gas with AAA

Approve AAA to the Gas Relayer and the gas cost is converted to AAA and charged when a rebalance runs, whatever your allowance has left. Approving is treated as "run it now", so it takes priority over waiting for cheaper gas.

## Rewards

stAAA holders receive AAA emissions as staking rewards. Additional rewards are made available from time to time depending on certain campaigns.

## Governance

stAAA is the governance token of Arcadia. Holders can vote on proposals in the Arcadia DAO, shaping protocol parameters, fee structures, treasury allocations, and the product roadmap.