Marinade Instant Unstake
Learn how Instant Unstake works, when to use it, and how it differs from delayed unstaking.
Instant Unstake lets you exit your staking position immediately instead of waiting for the usual one-epoch unlock on Solana. Instead of scheduling your stake to deactivate and coming back later to claim, Instant Unstake finds liquidity right away so you can receive SOL in a single transaction.
It works for both:
Native staking (Marinade Native positions and other native stake accounts in your wallet)
Liquid staking (mSOL)
If you do not want to accept the Instant Unstake quote, you can always choose Delayed Unstake instead.
Instant Unstake vs Delayed Unstake
When you exit a Marinade position, you generally have two choices:
Instant Unstake – Get SOL back immediately in a single transaction.
For native staking (Marinade Native positions and other native stake accounts in your wallet), this uses a marketplace of liquidity providers who take over your stake and send SOL back.
For liquid staking (mSOL), this is executed as a swap from mSOL to SOL via DEX at the current market rate.
Delayed Unstake - Use the standard Solana unlock.
Your position is scheduled to deactivate at the next epoch boundary for both Native and Liquid.
After one epoch, your SOL becomes claimable in the app, and you must come back to claim it.
This avoids market price impact, but a Marinade unstake fee applies depending on the product (see the FAQ for up-to date fee details).
If you do not like the Instant Unstake quote (the estimated SOL you’ll receive), you can simply switch to Delayed Unstake and use the one-epoch flow instead.
How Instant Unstake Works
Start an unstake from the Marinade app and choose Instant.
The app requests a real-time quote to give you SOL now:
For native stake, your request goes to a marketplace of liquidity providers.
For mSOL, your route is built via Jupiter across one or more DEXes.
Marinade shows you the best quote received.
You review the estimated SOL you will receive and approve the transaction in your wallet if you’re happy with it.
Once the transaction confirms, you receive SOL immediately.
Upcoming: Limit Order Style Instant Unstake (Planned)
Marinade is planning a “limit order style” Instant Unstake mode to give you more control over the quotes you accept.
The current design idea (subject to change):
You specify a minimum acceptable rate or a target amount of SOL you want to receive.
Your Instant Unstake request is only executed if liquidity providers can meet or beat that target.
If no provider is willing to fill at your level:
The order may remain unfilled, and
You can either adjust your target or use Delayed Unstake instead.
This feature is planned and details (such as UI, supported assets, and exact behavior) may change. When it launches, this article will be updated with final steps and examples.
Things To Keep In Mind
You can always switch to Delayed Unstake if you do not like the Instant Unstake quote.
Instant = SOL now, based on LP / DEX quotes and market conditions, with no extra Marinade protocol fee currently added.
Delayed = SOL after one epoch, you must come back to claim, and a Marinade unstake fee applies.
Instant Unstake works for both native stake (via a liquidity provider marketplace) and mSOL (via Jupiter).
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