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Introduction to Marinade Finance

Marinade is a stake automation platform that connects SOL holders with the best staking rates on Solana.

In 2021, Marinade's protocol was the first to bring liquid staking to the network; today, its sophisticated, high-performance staking delegation platform brings billions in liquidity and security to the SOL market. Marinade provides staking solutions for both DeFi and TradFi, including liquid and native staking, as well as direct enterprise integrations. Marinade's best-in-market features include user downside protection (through protected staking rewards) and optimized delegation (via our automated auction marketplace), providing SOL owners with the highest staking rates on Solana. Cryptoasset investors worldwide, from individual traders to global institutions, use Marinade to earn rewards on their SOL treasuries and holdings.

Marinade Native

Marinade Native is a low-fee, secure, smart-contract-free staking solution for Solana. It strengthens Solana by optimizing token delegation, protecting against downtime risks, and directly rewarding Solana wallets/accounts. With Marinade Native, companies can seamlessly integrate Solana staking into their products—there is no need to use liquid staking tokens or rely on smart contracts. With Marinade Native, they can easily delegate their (or their customers’) SOL to earn staking rewards while always retaining the withdrawal authority of their assets.

Liquid Staking with mSOL

Marinade's liquid staking token is mSOL. mSOL is a collateralized, fully liquid version of SOL. Marinade users receive mSOL if they stake their Solana with Marinade’s stake pool, and they can use mSOL in other DeFi applications while earning staking rewards with Marinade.

Stake Auction Marketplace

Marinade’s staking protocol comes embedded with a Staking Auction Marketplace (SAM). Solana validators use this marketplace to bid on the delegated SOL offered by token holders, as having a higher stake earns the validator more staking rewards, priority fees, and other operational benefits.

Protected Staking Rewards

Marinade’s staking protocol is embedded with PSR, or protected staking rewards. This feature is a form of protection for Marinade stakers, as it reimburses stakers for any unexpected underperformance of a validator in the stake pool (such as through commission changes or prolonged downtime). Validators that partner with Marinade sign onto an on-chain bond with Marinade This is done through an on-chain bond created by Marinade and each validator in the pool and requires validators to cover 100% of the rewards lost when their uptime falls between 50% and 99%. Additionally, any validator who raises their commission in an epoch will cover the loss through their bond (also known as commission rugging).