Marinade is a non-custodial Solana platform for automated validator delegation. It supports native SOL staking, mSOL liquid staking, Marinade Select and Recipes that convert staking rewards into a selected token. It also provides unstaking, native reward reports, API access and selected lending services.
Choose a staking route
Native and Select
Marinade Native manages Solana stake accounts while the connected wallet keeps withdrawal authority. No mSOL is issued. Rewards accrue in the stake accounts, and delegation is rebalanced across eligible validators. Marinade Select uses the same native model with a curated validator set.
Liquid staking with mSOL
Marinade Liquid deposits SOL into a stake pool and returns mSOL, which represents a share of the pool and accrued rewards. mSOL can be transferred or used in compatible Solana DeFi applications. This route adds smart-contract, token-price and liquidity risks that differ from native staking.
Recipes
Marinade Recipes keeps the principal in native stake accounts and converts each epoch's rewards into a selected payout token. The receiving token account must remain open. Token availability can be subject to issuer or regional restrictions.
Validator allocation and reward protection
The Stake Auction Marketplace ranks eligible validators each epoch, then allocates stake under performance and decentralization constraints. Protected Staking Rewards covers defined LowCredits and CommissionIncrease events. A 1% grace threshold applies; validator bonds cover eligible shortfalls within specified performance ranges, while Marinade covers a limited portion of more severe downtime. This does not cover every staking, smart-contract or market risk.
Fees and unstaking
- Deposits and staking: no Marinade deposit or staker performance fee currently applies.
- Native and Select: delayed unstaking follows Solana's cooldown without a Marinade fee. Instant unstaking uses a market quote, typically 0.10% to 0.40%.
- mSOL: an instant exit is a Jupiter-routed swap with no Marinade protocol fee, but DEX costs, spread and price impact can apply. Delayed unstaking costs 0.2%.
Solana network fees and third-party charges can also apply. The estimated received amount is shown before confirmation.
Reports, API and lending
Portfolio displays positions associated with the connected wallet. For supported native positions, the rewards report groups indexed SOL rewards by date or epoch and exports CSV, PDF or XLSX. It excludes mSOL and custom-token rewards; a request or refresh can take up to 24 hours. An API and SDK are documented for native-staking integrations.
Marinade Borrow converts only the collateral required for a loan into mSOL and routes it to Kamino or Jupiter Lend. The venue sets the variable rate, loan-to-value limits and liquidation rules. USDC Earn is a managed vault using Kamino markets; Marinade charges 5% of net interest and no deposit or withdrawal fee. These services add lending, liquidation, smart-contract, stablecoin and liquidity risks.
Requirements and limits
- Access: a compatible Solana wallet, SOL to stake and enough SOL for network fees are required. Recipes also requires an open token account for the payout asset.
- Timing: native activation, reward processing and delayed unstaking follow Solana epochs. Instant exits depend on available liquidity.
- Variable data: displayed APY values and lending rates can change and are not guaranteed.