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How to Stake SOL with Marinade (2026)

To stake with Marinade: visit marinade.finance, connect a Solana wallet, deposit SOL, and receive mSOL immediately. mSOL accrues staking rewards (exchange rate vs SOL increases). Unstake via instant unstake (fee applies) or delayed native unstake (~2–3 epochs).

Earn staking rewards while keeping your SOL liquid as mSOL on Solana.

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Why liquid staking

Native SOL staking locks your tokens. mSOL lets you earn staking yield while using the token as collateral on Kamino or in LP pools on Raydium.

Step-by-step

  1. 01

    Deposit SOL

    Connect wallet at marinade.finance. Enter SOL amount and confirm. mSOL arrives instantly.

  2. 02

    Use mSOL in DeFi

    Supply mSOL on Kamino, add mSOL/SOL liquidity on Raydium, or hold for passive yield accrual.

  3. 03

    Unstake when ready

    Choose instant unstake (small fee, immediate SOL) or native unstake (no fee, ~2–3 epoch delay).

Frequently asked questions

mSOL vs JitoSOL?

mSOL earns standard staking rewards; JitoSOL adds MEV tips — often higher yield. See our Marinade vs Jito comparison.

Is mSOL safe?

Marinade has operated since 2021; risks include smart contract bugs, validator slashing, and DeFi composability risk.

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