Marinade

Marinade is a non-custodial staking protocol on Solana. You can choose Liquid Staking to receive mSOL (a yield-accruing token you can use across DeFi), or Marinade Native to stake without minting a token (your SOL stays SOL while Marinade manages validator delegation for you).

Quick Facts

• Modes:
  mSOL (Liquid Staking) • Marinade Native (no new token)

• What you get:
  mSOL (transferable, DeFi-ready) or staked SOL accounts with managed validator delegation

• Unstaking:
  Delayed Unstake (wait ~1–2 epochs to claim) • Instant Unstake (exit immediately with a variable fee from a liquidity pool)

• DeFi support:
  Broad Solana integrations (DEXes, money markets, vaults, perps) so you can LP, borrow, or farm with mSOL

• Security & control:
  Non-custodial programs, diversified validator set, on-chain transparency

• Governance:
  MNDE token governs parameters, validator allocation signals, and protocol direction

How It Works (at a glance)

Liquid Staking (mSOL)

1. Connect a Solana wallet and choose Liquid Staking.

2. Stake SOL → receive mSOL (1:1 minus minimal protocol mechanics; yield appears as mSOL’s exchange rate rising vs SOL).

3. Use mSOL in DeFi or hold it passively.

4. Unstake with Delayed (claim after ~1–2 epochs) or Instant (fee) depending on urgency.

Marinade Native

1. Select Native Staking and delegate SOL (no token minted).

2. Marinade allocates across validators; rewards accrue to your staked SOL.

3. Unstake follows Solana’s normal deactivation/withdraw schedule.