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# How MINU works on Solana

Understand what the website, wallet and on-chain program each do.

![Understand what the website, wallet and on-chain program each do.](https://3637948861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FAj4DZ2s1GvjVs45QXf35%2Fuploads%2Fm8dxNk5qIO7Xeoenhoe6%2Fsolana-color-v5.gif?alt=media)

Your wallet approves actions. The MINU website prepares them. The Solana program enforces the rules and records the result.

## The three responsibilities

| Component      | What it does                                                                             |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Your wallet    | Holds your keys and approves deposits, claims and withdrawals.                           |
| MINU website   | Reads on-chain data, displays your positions and prepares transactions.                  |
| Solana program | Checks ownership, locks and reward eligibility, then moves funds according to its rules. |

Connecting a wallet only makes its public address available to the website. It does not approve a deposit or give the website your recovery phrase.

## What happens when you enter a mine

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### You choose an amount and duration

The website prepares a deposit for your selected mine. Your wallet shows the transaction for approval.
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### Solana confirms the deposit

The program moves the approved MINU into its token vault and creates your position. That record stores its owner, amount, lock timing and reward accounting.
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### Your position joins the active weight

Earlier elapsed rewards are settled before the new weight is included. You begin earning a share of future releases from the existing available reserve.
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## Where the assets are held

**MINU token vault:** holds deposited MINU while positions are open. Depositing changes where your tokens are held; they are not burned.

**SOL reward vault:** holds reward funding and earned rewards awaiting payment. The program keeps available funding separate from already-earned obligations.

When you claim, eligible SOL is transferred to the position owner. When you withdraw after the lock expires, the position’s entire MINU amount is returned and it stops participating in future reward releases.

## Why the numbers move without a transaction every second

The website projects rewards from the latest available chain data. The program settles elapsed reward accounting when relevant transactions synchronize it. The collector also synchronizes rewards on its schedule.

The animated progress bar is a display of elapsed time, not a separate source of rewards. The confirmed on-chain state controls actual transfers. A projection can differ slightly from a confirmed result because of time, other activity or rounding.

Learn how fees fund the reserve


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