SOL via Marinade Native

About

Our Marinade Native integration allows users to natively stake SOL through Marinade's Max Yield strategy. Unlike liquid staking, there is no token to hold and no smart contract custody — the SOL stays in stake accounts owned by the user, while Marinade automatically delegates it across its curated, top-performing validator set to maximize yield. Rewards are claimed automatically and compound every epoch.

The minimum stake amount is determined by the Marinade protocol and can change over time. The current minimum is always returned in the yield's enter arguments via our /yields endpoint.

The interaction flow:

1. Stake SOL: Users deposit SOL, which is placed into a stake account they own.
2. Delegation: Marinade delegates the stake across its validator set. While this is in progress, the position shows as a preparing balance, after which it becomes staked.
3. Rewards Accrue: Staking rewards are added to the position automatically every epoch.
4. Unstake: Users initiate an unstake, wait through the unbonding period, and then withdraw their SOL.

Pending Actions

Withdraw

After the 3-day unbonding period has passed, users will need to use the WITHDRAW pending action from their unstaked balance to make it available again. You can track both this unbonding progress as well as the balance available to be withdrawn via our /stake/balances endpoint.

Considerations

• No liquid token: Marinade Native is direct native staking — staked SOL is not represented by a transferable token and cannot be used in DeFi while staked. For a liquid alternative, see our SOL via Marinade (mSOL) integration.
• Unstaking delay: Exiting is not instantaneous — unstaked SOL becomes withdrawable after the unbonding period (3 days). A small protocol fee in SOL applies when initiating an unstake.
• Self-custody: Funds remain in the user's own stake accounts at all times; Marinade only holds the authority to manage delegation.