# Reaper Alpha

Reaper Alpha is the home for novel Reaper Farm strategies. Strategies on Alpha use code that is new to DeFi or uses existing code in unique ways. In order to fully test these strategies, they must undergo production testing. That means they have to actually see real use, ergo Alpha.

To make sure users do not deposit too much into these unique vaults we have implemented deposit caps. These deposit caps grow over the lifetime of the vault and are removed entirely when the vault is proven and moved to the main site. We do this as an additional way to mitigate risk when new vaults are introduced.

Alpha is a front-end implementation. This means that when a vault is migrated from Alpha to Reaper Main, users are not required to migrate their funds. The back-end vault remains the same.

You can access Reaper Alpha by clicking this icon in the top right corner of the Reaper site:

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