Stake Solana

Stake Solana refers to staking SOL on the Solana network to earn rewards. You can stake natively by delegating SOL to a proof-of-stake validator, or use liquid staking to receive a token that represents your staked position while it keeps earning. In both cases your wallet authorizes the on-chain action, so no operator holds your account or keys.

This is an independent dashboard and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Solana or the Solana Foundation; delegation, deposits and withdrawals are signed in your wallet and the external app.

Solana secures itself with proof of stake: SOL holders delegate their stake to validators that produce and vote on blocks. Stake that helps run the network earns a share of Solana's staking inflation, and the validator or protocol keeps a commission.

For native staking you create a stake account, fund it with SOL and delegate it to a validator you choose. For liquid staking you deposit SOL into a protocol and receive a liquid staking token in return. Your SOL is never handed to a custodian — native stake accounts stay under your keys, and liquid staking runs through public smart contracts your wallet signs.

Native delegation: your SOL sits in a stake account you control and is delegated to a single validator. Rewards depend on that validator's performance and commission, and the SOL is only movable again after you deactivate and wait out the cool-down.

Liquid staking: you deposit SOL into a protocol and receive a liquid staking token — a receipt such as jitoSOL or mSOL — that you can hold, trade or use in DeFi while the underlying SOL keeps earning. The trade-off is added smart-contract exposure and the token's price behaviour versus SOL. Choose the path that matches how much you value control versus liquidity.

Staking rewards come from Solana's staking inflation — new SOL issued by the protocol and distributed to stake that helps secure the network — minus the validator or protocol commission. Rewards accrue over epochs rather than instantly.

The exact amount varies with network conditions, total stake, validator performance and commission, so no fixed rate is quoted here. Treat any headline number you see elsewhere as an estimate, not a promise; staking never guarantees a return.

Solana runs in epochs. When you delegate, the newly added stake goes through a warm-up before it becomes fully active and starts earning at full weight. This means staking is not instant at full effect.

When you unstake native SOL, deactivating the stake triggers a cool-down that plays out over an epoch boundary before the SOL becomes withdrawable — so plan for a delay, not an instant exit. Liquid staking tokens work differently: you exit by redeeming or swapping the receipt, which is subject to available liquidity rather than the native cool-down.

A liquid staking token is a receipt for SOL you have staked through a protocol. Tokens such as jitoSOL and mSOL represent an underlying staked-SOL position that keeps earning rewards, while the receipt itself stays transferable and usable across Solana DeFi.

You leave the position by redeeming the token for SOL through the protocol or swapping it on a market, subject to liquidity. Because the receipt trades against SOL, its value can drift from a simple one-to-one — verify the token contract and the issuing protocol before you deposit or size a position.

Staking carries real risk and rewards are never guaranteed. Read the notices below before you stake.