Backyard Finance

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Backyard Finance Airdrop Details

Backyard BBQ Season 0 is a live rewards program where you earn XP and climb badge tiers by depositing into Solana stablecoin vaults. The team has now tied those badges to YARD, the incentive users will earn in Season 1. Treat the size and timing of any YARD reward as unknown until Backyard publishes figures.

Season 0 runs on a 7-tier badge system with a kitchen theme. You start as a Junior Cook (Tier 7) and climb through Steward, Station Chef, Sauce Chef, Deputy Chef, and Head Chef toward Executive Chef (Tier 1).

XP comes from creating strategies and depositing into vaults, with three multipliers deciding how fast you climb: deposit size, holding streak, and partner vaults. Badges carry over to Season 1, where your tier sets how fast you earn YARD incentives. Season 1 progression will be about 10x harder, so tiers reached in Season 0 will take far more effort to reach later.

How to Participate in the Backyard Finance Airdrop

Step 1: Visit the Backyard Finance app

Go to the Backyard Finance app and take a look at the strategy dashboard before committing any funds.

Step 2: Connect your Solana wallet

Connect Phantom, Solflare, or another Solana wallet and approve the connection request.

Step 3: Enter the referral code

Use the referral code TATM7P76 when prompted so your account is linked and referral benefits apply.

Step 4: Fund your wallet with stablecoins

You need stablecoins such as USDC, USDS, or PYUSD on Solana. You can buy USDC on Bybit and withdraw directly to your Solana address, or move funds over from another chain with the bridge widget below.

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Step 5: Deposit into supported yield vaults

Pick one or more vaults from the supported list and deposit your stablecoins. Deposits are the core XP-earning action in Season 0, and larger positions earn faster through the deposit size multiplier.

Step 6: Create a custom yield strategy

Build your own strategy instead of relying on single vaults:

  • Select vaults from partner protocols like Kamino, Jupiter, Manifest Trade, and Perena

  • Set your allocation percentage for each vault

  • Rebalance whenever market conditions or APYs shift

Step 7: Hold your positions and climb the badge tiers

Keep your deposits in place to build a holding streak, one of the three XP multipliers. Complete BBQ activities as they appear and work your way up from Junior Cook toward Executive Chef. Every tier you reach now carries over to Season 1, where climbing will be about 10x harder.

Tips for Maximizing Your Backyard Allocation

Prioritize partner vaults. Partner vaults carry their own multiplier, so a deposit there earns more XP than the same amount in a standard vault.

Do not break your streak. The holding streak multiplier rewards uninterrupted deposits. Pulling funds out and redepositing resets your progress, so size positions you can leave alone.

Stack ecosystem exposure. Depositing through Backyard into Kamino or Jupiter vaults keeps you active in protocols with their own reward programs, so the same capital can work toward multiple campaigns at once.

Conclusion

Backyard Finance pairs a live yield product with a points-style campaign that now feeds into YARD incentives. Season 0 favors depositors who pick partner vaults, keep their streaks intact, and climb the badge tiers before Season 1, when progression gets about 10x harder.

What is Backyard Finance?

Backyard Finance is a yield manager on Solana that combines stablecoin vaults from multiple protocols into one diversified strategy. Instead of juggling separate positions, you pick your vaults, set your allocations, and manage everything from a single dashboard.

What sets Backyard apart from preset vault products is control. You choose which vaults go into a strategy, how much capital each one gets, and when to rebalance. The protocol also mints BYD, its own liquid stablecoin, against strategy LP tokens, so deposited capital does not have to sit idle.

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