# What does "Sent to pool" do?

**URL:** <https://discuss.koinly.io/t/what-does-sent-to-pool-do/1490>\
**Category:** Koinly Support\
**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.koinly.io/t/what-does-sent-to-pool-do/1490 "2021-01-28T18:53:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.koinly.io/t/what-does-sent-to-pool-do/1490/2 "2021-01-29T14:20:16Z")

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This is used for when you send tokens to a contract for staking etc. It is so your transaction history considers them still in your posession (i.e. not disposed of)  
See: [Product Update: 18th October 2020 [DeFi]](https://discuss.koinly.io/t/product-update-18th-october-2020-defi/466)

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