docs/user-guides/get-veocean-tokens.md

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# Get Started Data Farming

### What the \*@$! is Data Farming?

[Data Farming](https://df.oceandao.org) is our dApp that generates yield for participants that curate and publish valuable assets on the [Ocean Market](https://market.oceanprotocol.com). 

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### What is veOCEAN and why do you want it? 🌊

In order to **gain yield Data Farming**, you will need to lock your OCEAN tokens first! When you lock your OCEAN tokens, you get **veOCEAN tokens** and **weekly passive OCEAN rewards** in return. veOCEAN is a token used in Ocean Protocol's Data Farming dApp to **generate even more yield,** called **weekly active OCEAN rewards**, for allocating your veOCEAN tokens to your favorite assets and get a portion of their Ocean Market sales!

### Don't have OCEAN tokens yet? Get those first!

#### **Step 1 - Get OCEAN tokens**

* Acquire $OCEAN via a decentralized exchange (DEX) such as Uniswap or a centralized exchange (CEX) such as Binance, Coinbase, etc.

#### **Step 2 - Send to your self-custody wallet**

* Send your OCEAN tokens to a self-custody wallet of yours that supports ERC-20 tokens, like Metamask for example.

### Where the rubber meets the road 🚗💨

Not much of a reader? Watch and learn, friend

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**Step 3 - Go to Ocean Protocol's Data Farming dapp**

* Go to [https://df.oceandao.org/](https://df.oceandao.org/)

#### Step 4 - Connect Your Wallet + Lock your OCEAN for veOCEAN

* Click on the purple circles in our interactive demo to walk through the steps for locking your OCEAN tokens for veOCEAN tokens.

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In this step you will:

* Enter the amount of OCEAN tokens that you are going to lock up
* Select a Lock End Date indicating how many weeks you’re going to lock up your OCEAN tokens. (As the Lock End Date goes farther into the future, your Lock Multiplier increases).
* Click on the checkbox to agree to the disclaimer.
* Click the pink “Approve # OCEAN” button
* Accept the transaction in your wallet.
* Click the “Create Lock” button.
* Accept the transaction in your wallet.

Congratulations! You have now locked your OCEAN tokens for veOCEAN tokens and are generating passive yield automatically. You can [claim your passive OCEAN rewards](claim-ocean-rewards.md) every Thursday - note that your first time claiming rewards will require at least one week, but not more than 2 weeks of wait!