# What is a liquidity provider (LP) and shall I be one?

In general, liquidity providers are those who earn passive income by providing tokens (liquidity) to a trading pool. They earn passive incomes by obtaining a share of the trading fees for each transaction in the pool to which they provide liquidity. On Iotabee, 5/6 of the trading fees go to liquidity providers.

**Liquidity Provider Explained:** 

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**The gains of being a liquidity provider - APR explained:**&#x20;

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**The riskes of being a liquidity provider - Impermanent Loss Explained**

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