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# Selling shares of the fund

## How to sell a share

Users who own shares of the fund can sell their share at any time and receive the full cost they paid for their share in their wallet.

The process for selling a node is simple.

1.  Launch our app
2.  Tap sell share(s) and choose the number of share you would like to sell
3.  Tap list for sale!

That's it, the protocol takes care of the rest!

### How selling a share works

Let’s say a user bought 1 share for 1000 USD. After 1 year he recoups his 1000 as profit and decides he wants to exit the fund. He would simply list his share for sale and leave the rest to the protocol. 

 Now while that seems simple on the outside, it isn't on the inside. 

Here's what happens behind the scenes

A node listed for sale can only be sold if there is someone willing to buy that share. When you sell your node, you are selling it to a new buyer. If at the time you sell your share there aren't any buyers, you can't sell your share, or it may take a while before your share is sold. If you are selling your share and there are a lot of buyers, your share would be sold almost instantly, or very quickly.

The process works like so.

When a user wants to buy 1 share of the fund, they deposit $1000 into the protocol. Once they do so, the protocol first checks to see if there are any shares for sale. If there are, the protocol automatically transfers the share from the seller to the buyer, and transfer the initial funds from the buyer to the seller. (this is how shares are sold)

If there are no available shares for sale, the protocol mints a new share, and the funds the buyer deposited is deposited in the investment fund contract to be invested. (this is how new shares are created and how the investment fund gains funds to invest)

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By never refunding the initial share costs, the protocol guarantees the long term success of the project, as regardless of whether people want to sell their nodes, they cant if no one else wants to buy. Since the protocol does not directly refund the initial deposit to create the node, the protocol keeps investing that money yoy and growing it. This becomes a win-win for the long-term holder of shares, as well as the protocol, as profits increase for the holders, and the protocol grows in size!

**Cost of shares**

The cost of shares never changes, which is why this method of buying and selling nodes is sustainable. 1 share will always be worth $1000