# Bootstrapping

## Guide

1\) Connect to [Karura Apps](https://apps.karura.network/). Click on `Swap` on the left-hand side. 

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2\) Click `Bootstrap` at the top of the page. Then, select the Pool you'd like to contribute liquidity to. Then click on the red `Bootstrap` button.

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3\) In the bootstrap, you have the opportunity to provide one token or both tokens in the pair. **If you are contributing only one side of the Pool, you are effectively converting 50% of that token into the other token at the exchange rate when the bootstrap ends.**

Select what type of liquidity you'd like to provide, enter the amount and click `Bootstrap`.

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4\) Return to the Bootstrap page after the Bootstrap has ended to claim your LP tokens. Click `Claim`.

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5\) Make sure to toggle on `Stake LP Tokens` and click `Claim`. You are now earning rewards on your LP tokens and can track them in the `Earn` tab.

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