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Native Staking ​

Native Staking is classic Solana staking. Your SOL is delegated directly to a validator through the Solana protocol, without going through the JPool stake pool or any additional smart contract layer. Because it does not use the pool, no JSOL is minted: your SOL sits in a standard Solana stake account and earns rewards there.

This is the simplest and lowest risk way to stake. The trade off is liquidity: your SOL is illiquid during the unstaking period, so it is best suited to stake you do not expect to move soon.

INFO

Want to keep your position liquid and usable in DeFi? Consider Liquid Staking instead, which mints JSOL.

How to stake ​

Choose a validator ​

Choose a validator to delegate to. You can stake to JStaking, a JPool-run validator with competitive APY and high uptime, or to any other Solana validator.

Delegate your SOL ​

Delegate your SOL directly to the chosen validator.

Earn rewards each epoch ​

Earn staking rewards each epoch, credited directly to your stake account.

How to unstake ​

Native Staking has no instant unstake option. Unstaking follows the standard Solana process: your stake account is deactivated and your SOL becomes available at the end of the current epoch (up to ~2 days, depending on how far into the epoch you deactivate). Plan accordingly, since the SOL stays illiquid during that period.

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Very large deactivations may take more than one epoch to clear. Solana limits how much stake can leave the network each epoch (a per-epoch deactivation cooldown), so an unusually large unstake can roll into additional epochs before it fully unlocks.

Risks ​

  • This is the simplest and lowest risk staking option. Your SOL is delegated directly via the Solana protocol with no additional smart contract layers.
  • The main risk is validator performance. If your chosen validator goes offline or increases commission, your rewards may decrease.
  • Your SOL is illiquid during the unstaking period, which runs until the end of the current epoch (up to ~2 days).

You can review your active native positions in your Portfolio.