# Core Principles

### **Core Principles**

**Sustainability**\
Peapods does not rely on emissions or inflationary mechanics. Yield comes exclusively from on-chain economic activity and is recycled back to participants.

**Transparency**\
All actions, fee flows, governance decisions, interest rate changes are recorded and visible on-chain. There are no admin keys, upgradable contracts, or hidden privileges. \*\
\*Excluding during live beta phases

**Accessibility**\
Anyone can turn any ERC-20 token can be turned into a yield-generating Pod via a no-code interface. There is no need for external approvals, governance votes, or technical integration.

**Immutability**\
Core contracts are non-upgradable and cannot be paused or changed once deployed. This ensures long-term consistency and eliminates centralized failure risks. \*\
\*Excluding during live beta phases

**Aligned Incentives**\
Peapods separates protocol participants into discrete roles such as traders, liquidity providers, lenders, borrowers, and governance participants. Each roles earns value from the protocol in a different way.