# Mining Pools ### What are Mining Pools Mining Pools enable users to stake ONUS and MIA utility tokens that they have purchased, converted, or earned through yield farming or lending in order to earn more of them or tokens from partner projects. Each mining Pool has both an input and a reward token. The input token for each Mining Pool in MiaSwap is either ONUS or MIA. MIA or a token from a MiaSwap partner project are the reward tokens. ### How Mining Works Staking tokens to mine rewards is one of the numerous ways MiaSwap generates passive income for users. When a user "stakes" a token, the token is transferred from the user's wallet to the protocol's smart contract. The protocol provides rewards in the form of additional tokens, either of the same types as the staked token or of a different token, in exchange for this temporary commitment of capital. MiaSwap's staking options are designed to maximize stakeholder earnings while minimizing protocol fees. MiaSwap takes this approach to ensure that our users' resources are always prioritized. Single-asset Mining Pools are the simplest method of earning returns. Users only need one type of token to utilize a Mining Pool, which offers returns in another token of choice. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.miaswap.io/features-and-tutorials/mining-pools.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.