How do I choose the best Solana validator?

Compare commission, uptime, skip rate and MEV sharing across many epochs — dashboards like Stakewiz and validators.app make it quick. By those metrics Stake.Cake runs 0% fees on both inflation and MEV rewards with uptime above 99% and a track record since 2023, and every figure is verifiable on-chain.

Can I unstake anytime? Is there a lock-up?

No lock-up. You can deactivate your stake whenever you like; your SOL becomes withdrawable once the current epoch ends, usually 1-3 days. Liquid staking tokens (JSOL, vSOL, jagSOL) can also be swapped back to SOL on DeFi markets instantly.

Solana Validator — 0% Fees, High Performance

Q: How do I stake with Stake.Cake?

Two ways. Stake natively from Phantom or Solflare by delegating to our vote account, or go liquid through a pool that delegates to us and receive an LST (JSOL, vSOL or jagSOL). Either route takes about a minute.

Q: What fees does Stake.Cake charge?

Zero. We take 0% commission on inflation (staking) rewards and 0% on Jito MEV rewards, so you keep the maximum the protocol pays out.

Q: What returns can I expect?

Currently around 5.4% APY. Rewards are paid every epoch (about 2-3 days) and, with native staking, automatically restaked so they compound. Your exact yield moves with total network stake and validator participation.

Q: Is there a minimum amount to stake?

Solana now enforces a minimum delegation of 1 SOL per stake account. Beyond that, the stake account holds a small rent-exempt reserve (about 0.0023 SOL, returned when you close it). Stake.Cake adds no minimum of its own.

Q: What are JSOL, vSOL and jagSOL?

They are liquid staking tokens (LSTs). When you stake through JPool, The Vault or JagPool (pools that delegate to Stake.Cake), you receive a token that represents your staked SOL and keeps earning rewards while you use it across Solana DeFi. Redeem it for SOL whenever you want.

Zero fees. You keep every reward.

Most validators take 5–10% of your rewards and a slice of your MEV. Stake.Cake takes 0% of both.

Typical validator

Inflation commission5–10%

Jito MEV cutup to 100%

You keep~90%

Stake.Cake

Inflation commission0%

Jito MEV cut0%

You keep100%

A 7% fee on 1,000 SOL skims ≈ 3.8 SOL/yr ≈ $294 — with us, it's zero.

Keep 100% — stake now

Ways to stake

Stake Solana with us

Stake natively for full control, or go liquid through a pool that routes to Stake.Cake and keep using your SOL while it earns.

Native staking

Connect your wallet, choose an amount and delegate. You keep full control of your keys, and rewards compound automatically every epoch (~2–3 days).

Connect Phantom or Solflare (or your Ledger) in the widget below.
Choose an amount from 1 SOL — or delegate from your wallet by finding Stake.Cake in the validator list or pasting the vote account.
Approve. Your stake activates at the next epoch boundary and rewards start compounding.

Vote account o27rnqfNHPwHsRp2xPXXwWzn2q2dGxn6UD4Rt5KMU5h

Liquid staking

Stake through a pool that delegates to Stake.Cake and receive a liquid staking token that keeps earning while you use it. Choose Stake.Cake as your validator, or paste the vote account below.

JSOLJPool

vSOLThe Vault

jagSOLJagPool

Vote account o27rnqfNHPwHsRp2xPXXwWzn2q2dGxn6UD4Rt5KMU5h

Estimate your rewards

See what your SOL could earn

Rewards compound every epoch. Enter your amount to project your staking income at our 0% fee — pre-filled with live network data.

Trusted by the ecosystem

Who delegates to us

Leading stake pools and delegation programs route stake to Stake.Cake for performance and reliability.

Jito

The Vault

DoubleZero

JPool

JagPool

SOL Strategies

Why Stake.Cake

Built for delegators

Strong yield, proven performance and zero fees — from a validator that's been on mainnet since 2023.

Yield

Top-100 validator by total APY. With 0% on inflation and 0% on Jito MEV, every reward stays yours.

Performance

Enterprise-grade hardware with high uptime and a near-zero skip rate.

Track record

On Solana mainnet since 2023 — through client upgrades, congestion and network incidents. Longevity is the one metric that can't be faked or bought.

Transparency

Every number here is on-chain. Check our commission, uptime and skip rate yourself on Stakewiz or validators.app — nothing is self-reported.

Infrastructure

Our validator infrastructure

We run Jito BAM for block assembly and connect over DoubleZero's dedicated fiber for low-latency networking.

Jito BAMBlock Assembly Marketplace

Our node runs Jito's Block Assembly Marketplace. It sequences transactions privately inside secure enclaves (TEEs) and proves cryptographically that every block was built fairly.

Verifiable, tamper-proof transaction ordering
Less harmful MEV and better protection on every transaction
New on-chain revenue that flows back to your stake

DoubleZeroDedicated fiber network

Our validator connects through DoubleZero, a dedicated fiber backbone built for blockchains. Bypassing the public internet means lower latency and spam filtered at the network edge, before it ever reaches consensus.

Up to 50% lower latency than the public internet
Faster block propagation and fewer missed slots
More consistent performance and steadier rewards for you

Security

Security & transparency

We run our nodes like our own SOL is on the line, because our delegators' is.

Key isolation

Validator keys live on locked-down hosts: SSH-key access only (no passwords), MFA on every account, and strict least-privilege roles. The withdraw authority stays offline, in cold storage.

Hardened network

A tight network perimeter keeps only the essential ports exposed, with firewalling and DDoS protection shielding every node from malicious traffic.

Geo-split redundancy

Hot-standby nodes run across two independent Tier II-certified data centers. If primary hardware fails, automatic failover keeps votes landing and rewards flowing.

Stock, open-source client

We run the open-source Agave client with Jito for MEV. No closed forks touch consensus, only community-audited code.

24/7 monitoring

Automated checks watch vote credits, delinquency and skip rate around the clock. The moment a metric drifts, we're paged, day or night.

Verifiable on-chain

Commission, uptime, skip rate and rewards are all recorded on-chain. Everything is public and independently verifiable, never self-reported.

The operator

Who runs Stake.Cake

Stake.Cake is run from Tokyo by a small team of infrastructure engineers who have spent their careers keeping production systems online — and have run this validator on Solana mainnet since 2023, through client upgrades, congestion and network incidents. No white-label setup, no rented nodes: we own our hardware in two Tier II data centers, run the open-source Agave client with Jito, and carry the pager ourselves.

Everything we claim — commission, uptime, skip rate — is verifiable on-chain, our tooling is public on GitHub, and if something matters to your stake, you can email us and reach the people who actually operate the node.

Learn staking

Solana staking guides

Practical guides from the team running this validator — start to finish.

Start here

How to Stake Solana

Native staking from Phantom, Solflare or a Ledger, step by step.

Rewards

Staking Rewards & APY

Inflation, Jito MEV and how APY is really calculated.

Choose well

How to Choose the Best Validator

The metrics that make a validator reliable, plus red flags.

Compare

Native vs Liquid Staking

Control and compounding versus liquidity and DeFi.

Withdraw

How to Unstake Solana

Cooldown timings and every instant-exit option.

Solana staking FAQ

Two ways. Stake natively from Phantom or Solflare by delegating to our vote account, or go liquid through a pool that delegates to us and receive an LST (JSOL, vSOL or jagSOL). See the Ways to stake section above. Either route takes about a minute.

Compare commission, uptime, skip rate and MEV sharing across many epochs — our guide on how to choose the best Solana validator walks through every check, and our live ranking of the best Solana validators applies them for you. By those metrics Stake.Cake runs 0% fees on both reward streams with uptime above 99% and a track record since 2023, and every figure in the live metrics above is verifiable on-chain.

Solana is secured by validators that produce and vote on blocks. Delegating lends your SOL's voting weight to a validator like us, and your SOL never leaves your wallet's control. In return you earn a share of the protocol rewards for helping secure the network. New to it all? See the official Solana docs.

Zero. We take 0% commission on inflation (staking) rewards and 0% on Jito MEV rewards, so you keep the maximum the protocol pays out, not us.

Currently around 5.4% APY (see the live figure at the top of the page). Rewards are paid every epoch (~2–3 days) and, with native staking, automatically restaked so they compound. Your exact yield moves with total network stake and validator participation.

It stays yours the entire time. Staking is non-custodial: delegating only assigns your stake's voting weight to us. Stake.Cake can never move, spend or withdraw your SOL. Only your wallet can.

No lock-up. You can deactivate your stake whenever you like; your SOL becomes withdrawable once the current epoch ends, usually 1–3 days. Prefer instant exit? Liquid staking tokens (JSOL, vSOL, jagSOL) can be swapped back to SOL on DeFi markets at any moment.

Solana now enforces a minimum delegation of 1 SOL per stake account. Beyond that, the stake account holds a small rent-exempt reserve (~0.0023 SOL, returned when you close it). Stake.Cake adds no minimum of its own.

They're liquid staking tokens (LSTs). When you stake through JPool, The Vault or JagPool (pools that delegate to Stake.Cake), you receive a token that represents your staked SOL and keeps earning rewards while you use it across Solana DeFi. Redeem it for SOL whenever you want.

0% fees, a strong track record on mainnet since 2023, and enterprise-grade infrastructure: two Tier II data centers with automatic failover, plus next-gen tech like Jito BAM and the DoubleZero fiber network. And every metric we show is public and verifiable on-chain.

Still have questions? Our Solana staking guides go deeper — from your first delegation to unstaking.

Stake. Earn. Relax.Solana staking with a high-performance, 0% fee validator