# Tools and Services

**Internal (on-chain and first-party from STON.fi)**

* **STON staking contract.** Lock-up of STON → minting ARKENSTON (soulbound governance token) and GEMSTON (liquid engagement token). This freezes part of supply and ties ownership to governance.
* **Liquidity & farming.** AMM pools and LP-token farms (STON/TON, STON/stables, etc.): pool fees + additional DAO incentives.
* **Fee Converter / Fee Distributor.** Converts protocol fees into STON and routes them: buyback & burn, grants, incentive programs. Forms sustainable demand for STON.
* **Referral Vaults.** Contracts for accrual and payouts of referral fees (configurable rates in v2) — a tool for turnover growth and user acquisition.
* **Governance (DAO).** Voting portal/contracts (via ARKENSTON) to set fee/incentive/distribution parameters.
* **Omniston (routing).** Internal liquidity path aggregator. Increases swap throughput, leading to higher fees and larger flows into the Fee Converter.
* **STON.fi application (Web + Telegram Mini App).** Entry points: Swap, Liquidity, Farming, Staking, Governance, Referral — all utilities “under one roof.”

**External (third-party ecosystem around STON/TON)**

* **TON wallets.** Tonkeeper, Tonhub, etc. — convenient onboarding, transaction signing, staking/farming in 1–2 clicks.
* **Analytics and monitoring.** Dexscreener, GeckoTerminal, DeFiLlama, portfolio trackers — TVL, volumes, APR/yields, commission and flow dynamics.
* **TON explorers.** Transaction transparency: staking, farming, fee distribution, DAO voting (on-chain audit of utilization flows).
* **Market makers/liquidity providers.** External partners maintaining depth of STON pairs on DEX/CEX, reducing spreads and slippage.
* **Exchanges.** Fiat ↔ TON/USDT ↔ STON ramps, user inflows into the protocol, indirectly strengthening utilization by increasing turnover.