# LiquidityPools

Imagine two friends, Alex and Mia, each bringing a basket of fruit to a neighborhood market. Alex brings apples, while Mia brings oranges. They place both baskets on a shared table so anyone can easily swap apples for oranges without waiting for another trader. As more people use the table, they leave a small service fee for the convenience. Since Alex and Mia provided the fruit, they share those fees as a reward.
That's exactly how liquidity pools work on STONfi. Instead of fruit, users deposit pairs of crypto tokens into a pool. These pools allow traders to swap tokens instantly, while liqui