# Deposit Conversion Depositing 1 USDC yields 1 NUON in return, plus a small minting fee is applied. The minting fee is calculated as the number of USDC, prorated at the current Truflation APY. It is taken in order to prevent a siphoning attack in which a user could deposit USDC and withdraw more USDC (as they would have more NUON over time) before it is put to work in the protocol - effectively getting the yield from Nuon without supplying USDC to generate the yield. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.nuon.fi/architecture/deposit-conversion.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.