Explore is where you can look at the Solana staking network itself: every validator, who runs them, what they charge, and how they have performed. You do not need to connect a wallet.
Open it from Explore in the top navigation, or go to app.marinade.finance/explore.
What the Page Shows
Four network-wide figures sit at the top: active validators, total network stake, net APY and take rate. The net APY figure here is labelled as a 30 day average, and take rate is stake-weighted across the network.
Below them, a row of cards titled Validators that protect your rewards features validators that have a Protected Staking Rewards bond. Each card shows the validator's name, country and client software, its net APY with a shield beside it, its total stake, and how that stake has changed over the last 7 days. Use the arrow to scroll through the row, or click See all.
Under the cards, three tabs let you browse the main list by category:
Validators, individual operators
Providers, the hosting companies validators run on
Clients, the validator software in use, such as Agave, Frankendancer and Firedancer
The Validator List
Search by name, or narrow the list with the filter chips:
All, every validator
Verified, validators whose identity Marinade has confirmed. A verified one carries a tick beside its name
Protected, validators with a Protected Staking Rewards bond
Incident-free, validators with no recorded incidents in the window
Rows are grouped by operator. A row reading "Coinbase, 25 validators" is one operator running 25 nodes, and the chevron on the left expands it to the individual validators underneath.
Each row shows:
Column | What it means |
Total stake (SOL) | All active stake delegated to that operator, with its share of network stake |
Stake Δ (7d) | How much stake it gained or lost over the last 7 days, as a percentage and in SOL |
Pending | The stake change due to land at the next epoch, in SOL |
Net APY (14d) | Estimated net annual yield after commission, over a 14 day window. A shield beside the figure means the validator has a Protected Staking Rewards bond |
Take rate | The cut taken from rewards |
Incidents (3mo) | Recorded incidents over the last 3 months |
Sort by any column.
A Validator's Page
Click any validator to open its page.
Total stake is all active stake delegated to that validator across every staker.
Net APY is the estimated net annual yield after commission, based on a 14 day rolling window. It is based on inflation rewards only, unless MEV-adjusted data is available for that validator.
Commission is the cut the validator takes from inflation rewards only, shown for the latest completed epoch.
Take rate, listed just beneath commission, is the cut taken from every kind of reward, inflation, MEV and block rewards, averaged over the last 30 days.
Protected rewards appears as a badge beside the validator's name and as a shield beside its Net APY, including in the Stake panel. A validator with a bond shows both. A validator without one shows neither.
Stake history charts the validator's stake over 7 days, 30 days, 3 months, or its full history.
Activity shows the validator's record epoch by epoch, with a stability percentage and a count of healthy epochs. Any incidents are listed underneath with what happened, which epoch, when, and how long it lasted.
Stake concentration shows the validator's share of network stake, plus concentration at its data center and in its country, against a one third reference line.
Validator information lists identity and vote account, client version, active since date, node location and IP, hosting provider (the autonomous system number and the operator of the hosting network), the share of all Solana stake in that validator's city and at its provider, and delegators, the number of distinct wallets holding active stake with it.
FAQ
Q: Commission says 0% but take rate is higher. Which is right?
A: Both, they measure different things. Commission covers inflation rewards only and reflects the latest completed epoch. Take rate covers inflation, MEV and block rewards together, averaged over 30 days. Take rate is almost always the higher of the two because it counts more reward types, so a validator can advertise 0% commission and still keep a share of MEV and block rewards. Compare take rate.
Q: The net APY at the top of Explore does not match the net APY on a validator's row.
A: They cover different windows. The figure at the top of the page is labelled a 30 day average across the whole network. The figure on each row, and on a validator's own page, is over a 14 day window. A network average and a single validator's recent performance will not match.
Q: Do I need to connect my wallet?
A: No. Explore is public and read-only. You only need a wallet if you decide to stake from a validator's page.
Q: Does Marinade stake to every validator listed?
A: No. Explore covers the whole Solana network, not just Marinade's validator set. Being listed is not an endorsement.
Q: What does Protected rewards mean?
A: The validator participates in Protected Staking Rewards, so it has posted a bond that can compensate stakers for rewards lost to downtime.
If a validator shows no Protected rewards badge and no shield, it has posted no bond and nothing compensates you for rewards lost to downtime. Use the Protected filter on the list to see only the validators that have one.
Q: An incident is listed. Did delegators lose rewards?
A: Short downtime usually has little effect, and Protected Staking Rewards can compensate for prolonged downtime at participating validators. See the article above.
Q: Why does one row cover several validators?
A: The list groups validators by the operator running them, so a large operator appears as one row with a count next to its name. Expand it with the chevron on the left to see each validator and its own figures.
Q: Can I stake to one specific validator from here?
A: Yes. Each validator page has a Stake panel on the right, and staking there delegates to that validator only. This is a separate option, not a change to Marinade Native. Native works as it always has: it spreads your stake across the validators in the Stake Auction Marketplace.
Q: My old validator link still works. Is that expected?
A: Yes. Validator pages moved to name-based URLs and older links still resolve to the same page.