MNDE Directed stake
Since July 2023, using your wallet with mSOL Directed Stake will also affect your MNDE Directed Stake. You just have to own locked MNDE with this wallet and start directing stake with mSOL so it applies to both.
Your wallet can only be linked to one validator, and both your locked MNDE and your mSOL will count as directing stake to this same validator.
In order to change the validator you're directing stake to, or stop directing stake overall, you'll need to perform a SOL to mSOL transaction with any amount, selecting the new validator or just the automated delegation strategy.
The control of those 20% is split between MNDE locked and used in MNDE Directed stake. This percentage is a governable parameter controlled by the DAO.
MNDE Directed stake does not allow to delegate stake to validators blacklisted for cheating with credits or changing their commission at the last minute or validators that have a commission superior to 10%. A given validator can also receive up to 10% maximum of the stake distributed by MNDE directed stake (or 2% of the total stakepool).
Due to how the Delegation strategy operates, using MNDE directed stake may take a few epochs to be fully reflected in the stake obtained by validators from Marinade.
Before MNDE Directed stake, Marinade stake was fully distributed according to the Delegation Strategy. This delegation strategy focuses on validators that decentralize the network and have good performance, which results in a good score.
Thanks to the MNDE Directed stake, it's possible for MNDE holders to select a validator that should receive some stake from Marinade for another reason than solely score. Indeed, a lot of validators are performing well or bringing other benefits to the ecosystem but do not manage to get stake from Marinade, as the delegation strategy only takes score (calculated with on-chain metrics) in consideration and as the competition is rough. Let's list some examples of why a MNDE holder could want to use to handpick a validator that should receive more stake:
- The validator contributes to the same communities as you
- The validator has built free Web3 tools you've found useful
- The validator has helped you with a DeFi or crypto question personally.
- The validator belongs to a DAO that you are a part of and want to support.
- The validator is giving you benefits for your support.
- You want to further support the validator's high performance or commission model
- You've noticed the validator advocate for Solana in other channels
Now that the reasons for why you would want to use MNDE directed stake are clear, let's review the purpose of this product.
First, they give more power and utility to the MNDE token, making it fundamentally more valuable as the power they represent is something that adds value to it.
Secondly, MNDE Directed stake allows validators to receive stake in a more sticky way, allowing them to plan for their growth more clearly.
Finally, it could also serve the purpose of allowing validators that receive more than enough stake to be profitable to slightly lower their commission and lead to a better APY for the users.
Yes, in order to cancel your directed stake, just stake any amount of SOL to mSOL using the automatic delegation strategy.
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