Plain English
An auto-compounder is a vault whose only job is to claim yield rewards and reinvest them — turning APR (linear) into APY (compound). The fee is usually 5–15% of harvested yield. Beefy Finance, Yearn, and most vault platforms offer auto-compounding products.
How it actually works
The strategy bot monitors reward balances and triggers a harvest when gas costs are favorable. The harvested tokens are sold to the underlying deposit asset and added back to your position. Your share count stays the same; the price-per-share rises over time.
What it means for you
For passive holdings in farming positions, auto-compounders are a no-brainer — they save gas and capture compounding that most retail users would miss by harvesting manually. The trade-off is the fee. For very large positions ($1M+), running a custom compounder or hiring an off-the-shelf operator (Hyperithm, Steakhouse) can be cheaper than retail vault fees.
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