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Solana staking guides

Learn how to stake Solana

Practical Solana staking guides from an active validator: how to stake SOL, choose where to delegate, and keep more of every reward.

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How to Stake Solana

Stake SOL natively from Phantom, Solflare or a Ledger in minutes, keep your keys, and earn around 6–8% APY.

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Compare

Native vs Liquid Staking

Native delegation or an LST like JitoSOL or mSOL? Control and auto-compounding versus instant liquidity and DeFi.

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Rewards

Staking Rewards & APY

What really drives your yield: inflation, Jito MEV and fees, how APY is calculated, and why it keeps compressing.

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Choose well

How to Choose a Validator

Commission, uptime, skip rate, vote credits and MEV pass-through, the metrics that decide your rewards, plus red flags.

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Exit

How to Unstake Solana

Deactivate, wait out the 1–3 day cooldown, then withdraw, or skip the wait. Every exit option compared.

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Tool

Staking Calculator

See your SOL staking rewards per epoch, month and year, compounded, in SOL and USD, with live network data.

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