# What are the staking pools in the protocol?

There are 2 core pools which you can stake tokens in order to receive additional ILV tokens, as well as a third type (flash pools). Below is a detailed look at each pool:

### ILV pool

The ILV pool only holds ILV. It has a pool weight of 0.2

### ILV/ETH pool&#x20;

The ILV/ETH pool only holds Sushi LP tokens (SLP). It has a pool weight of 0.8

### Flash pools

These only hold the partner token. There is no set pool weight for these (because there can be many different pools), but they are substantially lower than other pools. Their purpose is to provide those outside of the $ILV project with some exposure to it. Each pool will have an announced pool weight before it goes live.


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