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# 2.2 - How nest Works

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nest brings together three groups with aligned incentives: **Traders, Liquidity Providers, and Governance Participants**. Each benefits when the protocol grows, creating a positive-sum system.

Each layer has one job and the magic is how they compound into a single flywheel.

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**LPs earn NEST emissions - not trading fees.** This distinction is central to how nest functions as a MetaDEX.
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### Key mechanics at a glance

<table><thead><tr><th width="187.19921875">Mechanism</th><th width="283.76171875">Who Benefits</th><th>How</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Trading fees</strong></td><td>veNEST holders</td><td>100% of swap fees, claimable from Dashboard</td></tr><tr><td><strong>NEST emissions</strong></td><td>LPs</td><td>Weekly NEST tokens, proportional to pool vote share</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bribes</strong></td><td>veNEST voters</td><td>External tokens paid by protocols to attract votes</td></tr><tr><td><strong>HYPE Engine</strong></td><td>Protocol treasury / HEV holders</td><td>~27% of veNEST, revenue used to buy and distro $HYPE</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Assistance Fund</strong></td><td>Protocol (NEST buybacks)</td><td>Funds permanent buyback mechanism, at team's discretion</td></tr></tbody></table>