Incentivized Liquid Staking

Incentivized Liquid Staking lets you choose a specific validator and stake to it directly, while keeping the liquidity of JSOL. Your stake helps the chosen validator grow through Direct Stake Matching, and if that validator runs an active campaign you earn incentive rewards on top of your standard staking yield.

The validator you pick must be part of the JPool Delegation Program. You can browse and compare eligible validators in the validator list, which flags the ones running an active campaign.

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This is the essentials. For reward modes, lockups and early-exit penalties, and what happens when you unstake, read the Deep dive into incentive campaigns.

How to stake

Connect your wallet

Connect your wallet, keeping a little extra SOL to cover the Solana network fee.

Choose a validator and amount

Find the validator you want to support and enter the amount of SOL to stake directly to it.

Confirm and receive JSOL

Confirm the transaction. Your SOL is delegated directly to that validator through JPool, and you receive JSOL in return, unlocking the benefits of liquid staking.

How to unstake

To withdraw, exchange your JSOL back for SOL from the validator you staked to. As with Balanced Liquid Staking, you can choose instant unstaking for a higher fee or delayed unstaking for a lower fee. See How rewards accrue.

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If part of your JSOL is locked in a DeFi protocol, only the JSOL currently in your wallet counts toward your unstakable amount.

JSOL Binding

If you already hold JSOL, you do not need to make a new deposit to support a validator. JSOL Binding lets you attach existing JSOL to a validator after the fact. Bound JSOL counts as direct stake for that validator in the Direct Stake Matching calculation, without requiring a fresh stake.

You can unbind your JSOL from one validator and bind it to another at any time. The Direct Stake Matching updates in the next epoch.

There are two ways to assign JSOL to a validator:

• Wallet binding automatically tracks your full JSOL balance, including JSOL deployed in DeFi protocols. This is the recommended option for most users, since it keeps your assigned amount in sync as your balance changes.
• Manual direct stake assigns a fixed amount at the moment you create it. It does not update automatically if your JSOL balance changes later.

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Manual direct stakes are counted first. Any remaining JSOL is then assigned through wallet binding.

How incentive rewards work

When you stake to a validator that runs an active incentive campaign, you earn extra rewards automatically, on top of your standard staking yield. You do not sign up or register: if a campaign exists for the validator you are staking to, you earn.

Your stake is reported

The JPool delegate automatically detects your stake and reports it to the incentive campaign.

Rewards accrue

Rewards begin accruing continuously from the moment your stake is reported.

Claim anytime

You can claim your accrued rewards whenever you like. There is no minimum claim amount or waiting period, unless the campaign has a lockup (see Lockups).

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Rewards are paid in whichever token the campaign owner chose (commonly wSOL or USDC). A single campaign can pay in up to 5 different tokens.

How to claim

Open your active incentive positions in your Portfolio and claim the reward you want to collect. Your reward tokens are deposited directly to your wallet.

You can claim as often as you like. Each claim collects everything that has accrued since your last claim, or since you started earning if it is your first.