Marinade Documentation
  • 👋Welcome to Marinade
  • 🛠️Marinade DAO
    • Contributors
  • 👨‍🍳The MNDE token
  • 🗳️MNDE Governance
  • 🔗Official Links
  • 📊Marinade Stats
  • Marinade Protocol
    • Protocol Overview
      • Marinade Native
        • Marinade Native: API & SDK
      • Marinade Select
      • Marinade Liquid
        • What is mSOL?
        • mSOL Token
        • Bot operations
      • MNDE Enhanced Stake
      • mTransactions
      • Protected Staking Rewards
      • Stake Auction Market (SAM)
    • FAQ
    • Glossary
    • Security
      • Audits
      • Principal Service Commitments and System Requirements
      • Multisig governance
    • Legal
      • Risks
      • Disclaimer
  • developers
    • Marinade Ts/Js SDK
    • Marinade Rust SDK
    • Anchor IDL
    • Bug Bounty
    • Contracts & Tokens Addresses
    • Delegation Strategy API
    • Marinade Stats API
    • Snapshots API
    • Mint your NFT project in mSOL
    • Stake to Marinade via SPL governance
    • Stake to Marinade via Fireblocks
  • Partnerships
    • Become our Partner
    • Marinade Press Kit
    • Marinade Referral Program
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  • What's so special about Marinade Native?
  • What’s so special about Marinade Liquid?
  1. Marinade Protocol

Protocol Overview

Marinade.Finance was built to bring to life a vision. A non-custodial liquid staking solution on Solana, decentralizing the network.

What can you do on Marinade?

Marinade offers flexible staking options and tools to manage your SOL across different formats:

Marinade Native

Stake SOL or deposit a stake account directly into Marinade while retaining full control. Your stake stays entirely on-chain and is automatically delegated through Marinade’s Stake Auction Marketplace, which matches stake with high-performing validators in a permissionless, market-driven process.

You can also migrate your existing native staked accounts into Marinade to benefit from automated delegation and performance optimization.

Marinade Select

A premium staking set powered by Marinade. It includes a vetted group of community-recognized validators that meet strict criteria for performance, compliance, and decentralization.

Designed for users who want a high-trust, simplified staking experience without actively managing validator selection.

Marinade Liquid

Stake SOL or deposit a stake account to receive mSOL, a liquid staking token that can be used throughout the Solana DeFi ecosystem.

You can also swap other liquid staking tokens into mSOL, or convert mSOL and other staking positions back to SOL through immediate or delayed unstaking.


What's so special about Marinade Native?

Marinade Native provides a secure, non-custodial staking experience with:

  • Full ownership of your SOL at all times

  • No smart contract risk

  • Automatic validator delegation and rebalancing

  • Redelegate existing stake accounts without unstaking

  • Unstake anytime with a 1–2 epoch unlock period

  • Community-led governance through the Marinade DAO


What’s so special about Marinade Liquid?

Staking with Marinade for mSOL offers several unique advantages:

  • Stake SOL and receive mSOL, which grows in value with rewards

  • Use mSOL in DeFi for collateral, trading, or yield strategies

  • Convert existing stake accounts into mSOL

  • Trade mSOL on secondary markets at market rates

  • No performance fees on staking rewards

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