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# How To

You can interact directly with smart contract via Etherscan even when ether.fi's web page or dapp is down.

## Withdrawals

#### Standard Withdrawal with Delays

this is the standard queued withdrawal without fee and without rate limit:

1. **Unwrap weETH to eETH**: If you hold weETH, you need to unwrap to eETH. Use [weETH.unwrap](https://etherscan.io/address/0xCd5fE23C85820F7B72D0926FC9b05b43E359b7ee#writeProxyContract#F16). Note that you need [eETH.approve](https://etherscan.io/address/0x35fA164735182de50811E8e2E824cFb9B6118ac2#writeProxyContract#F1) with spender = [weETH](https://etherscan.io/address/0xCd5fE23C85820F7B72D0926FC9b05b43E359b7ee) contract.
2. **Initiate withdrawal**: You can use [LiquidityPool.requestWithdraw](https://etherscan.io/address/0x308861A430be4cce5502d0A12724771Fc6DaF216#writeProxyContract#F18), then you will receive the [WithdrawRequestNFT](https://etherscan.io/address/0x7d5706f6ef3F89B3951E23e557CDFBC3239D4E2c) which is ERC721 NFT representing your queued withdrawal.
3. **Check the status of the withdrawal**: use [WithdrawRequestNFT.isFinalized(nftTokenId)](https://etherscan.io/address/0x7d5706f6ef3F89B3951E23e557CDFBC3239D4E2c#readProxyContract#F17). You can preview the exact ETH you will receive with [WithdrawRequestNFT.getClaimableAmount(nftTokenId)](https://etherscan.io/address/0x7d5706f6ef3F89B3951E23e557CDFBC3239D4E2c#readProxyContract#F13). Once a request is finalized, its payout is locked in: later rebases no longer change the amount.
4. **Claim**: use [WithdrawRequestNFT.claimWithdraw(nftTokenId)](https://etherscan.io/address/0x7d5706f6ef3F89B3951E23e557CDFBC3239D4E2c#writeProxyContract#F3)

#### Instant Withdrawal without Delay

this is the instant redemption with a small exit fee and a rate limit. The fee and the rate limit are set per token (eETH / weETH), and the instant withdrawal is only allowed when the buffer liquidity is above the low watermark (a percentage of eETH TVL). Both the fee and the watermark are hard-capped at 5% in code; read the live values onchain as below.

1. **(optional) Check the fee and low watermark:** use [EtherFiRedemptionManager.tokenToRedemptionInfo(token)](https://etherscan.io/address/0xDadEf1fFBFeaAB4f68A9fD181395F68b4e4E7Ae0#readProxyContract#F28) with *token* = the [eETH](https://etherscan.io/address/0x35fA164735182de50811E8e2E824cFb9B6118ac2) or [weETH](https://etherscan.io/address/0xCd5fE23C85820F7B72D0926FC9b05b43E359b7ee) address. It returns the rate-limit bucket plus `exitFeeInBps` and `lowWatermarkInBpsOfTvl` for that token.
2. **Check if redeemable**: use [EtherFiRedemptionManager.canRedeem(amount, token)](https://etherscan.io/address/0xDadEf1fFBFeaAB4f68A9fD181395F68b4e4E7Ae0#readProxyContract#F6) where *amount* is the ETH amount of the eETH/weETH being redeemed. You can also check the available buffer with [getInstantLiquidityAmount(token)](https://etherscan.io/address/0xDadEf1fFBFeaAB4f68A9fD181395F68b4e4E7Ae0#readProxyContract#F10).
3. **Redeem**: Use either [redeemEEth(amount, receiver, outputToken)](https://etherscan.io/address/0xDadEf1fFBFeaAB4f68A9fD181395F68b4e4E7Ae0#writeProxyContract#F5) or [redeemWeEth(amount, receiver, outputToken)](https://etherscan.io/address/0xDadEf1fFBFeaAB4f68A9fD181395F68b4e4E7Ae0#writeProxyContract#F7). *outputToken* selects what you receive: `0xEeeeeEeeeEeEeeEeEeEeeEEEeeeeEeeeeeeeEEeE` for ETH, or the stETH address for stETH. Note that you need [eETH.approve](https://etherscan.io/address/0x35fA164735182de50811E8e2E824cFb9B6118ac2#writeProxyContract#F1) or [weETH.approve](https://etherscan.io/address/0xCd5fE23C85820F7B72D0926FC9b05b43E359b7ee#writeProxyContract#F1) with spender = [EtherFiRedemptionManager](https://etherscan.io/address/0xDadEf1fFBFeaAB4f68A9fD181395F68b4e4E7Ae0) contract.


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