Backyard Finance
Earn vault yield and Backyard XP across four stablecoin positions.
Main risk: Withdrawing resets the vault streak and can forfeit unclaimed XP
- Risk
- Medium risk
- Weekly effort
- 10 minutes
- Capital
- Flexible, can unwind
- Reward status
- Token announced
- Campaign
- Live
- Reviewed
- 2 Sep
What to do
- Keep qualifying vaults depositedKeep the qualifying vault position without unnecessary withdrawalsOngoing
- Claim XP before withdrawingClaim available XP separately for each vault when its timer allowsOngoing
Positions to hold and habits to keep. Nothing to tick off.
Risks
- Every underlying vault adds asset, smart contract, strategy and integrated-protocol risk
- Wallet connection is required to see current Activity entries and claim timers
All 5 risks
- Withdrawing resets the vault streak and can forfeit unclaimed XP
- Every underlying vault adds asset, smart contract, strategy and integrated-protocol risk
- Wallet connection is required to see current Activity entries and claim timers
- Optional BYD creates debt, peg, oracle, fee and liquidation risk
- YARD is announced, but no XP conversion or distribution entitlement is published
Campaign evidence
Backyard is a Solana yield manager that can combine up to 20 supported vaults into one strategy. Each deposit receives a 1:1 Backyard LP token while the underlying position earns its live vault return.
- Measured activity
- hold, provide-liquidity, quest
- Reward mechanism
- Season 0 publishes vault-based XP, chef ranks and badges that carry benefits into later seasons. YARD is an announced future token, but its distribution schedule and any relationship to XP remain unpublished.
- Reward certainty
- Future token announced
Flexible, can unwind. No identity verification is required. No dedicated hardware is required.
Backyard combines measurable vault yield with a live, vault-by-vault XP program whose badges carry into later seasons. The diversified baseline avoids BYD debt, but users still accept multiple smart-contract and stable-asset risks without a published XP-to-YARD conversion.
11 sources · Reviewed 2 Sep
- Open source
Official source · app.backyard.finance
- Open source
Official source · app.backyard.finance
- Open source
Official source · app.backyard.finance
- Open source
Official source · alpha.api.backyard.finance
- Open source
Official source · alpha.api.backyard.finance
- Open source
Official source · backyard-fi.gitbook.io
- Open source
Official source · backyard-fi.gitbook.io
- Open source
Official source · backyard-fi.gitbook.io
- Open source
Official source · backyard-fi.gitbook.io
- Open source
Official source · backyard-fi.gitbook.io
- Open source
Official source · x.com
Verified against primary sources, the live vault catalogue and reward configuration on 2 September 2026. Rates, partner boosts, deposit availability, claim timers and exit terms remain time-sensitive.
Reviewed by @marinonchain