# How Strategies are Managed

### **1. Creating a Strategy**

* Strategies are created through **governance processes**.
* Each strategy has:
  * Its own **implementation address**.
  * Compatibility with base assets.
  * A **witness type** to ensure valid interactions with the vault.

**Base Asset Compatibility**:

* Strategies must support the same base asset as their associated vault.\
  \&#xNAN;*Example*: A strategy linked to a USDC vault must also handle USDC.

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### 2. Issuing Shares

* When base assets are deposited, the strategy issues shares proportional to the deposit.
* These shares are sent back to the vault, representing the vault’s ownership of the assets in the strategy.

**Equation for Issuing Shares:**

$$
\text{shares\_issued} = \frac{\text{amount\_deposited} \times \text{total\_shares}}{\text{total\_assets}}
$$

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### 3. Burning Shares

* When assets are withdrawn, the strategy burns the corresponding shares.
* The amount of base assets returned is proportional to the number of shares burned.

**Equation for Burning Shares:**

$$
\text{amount\_withdrawn} = \frac{\text{shares\_burned} \times \text{total\_assets}}{\text{total\_shares}}
$$


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