Smart Staking

Smart Staking earns you top validator campaign rewards automatically. You stake SOL, and JPool places it into the highest-paying incentive campaigns that still have room, so you collect campaign rewards without picking campaigns by hand. Your JSOL stays liquid the whole time.

It is the automated counterpart to Direct Staking: instead of choosing a validator yourself, the strategy allocates your stake for you and keeps it in the best-paying campaigns as conditions change.

INFO

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 it works

Smart Staking runs on top of JPool's incentive campaigns. When you stake, the strategy places your SOL into the highest-paying campaigns that still have free capacity. You never choose a validator or a campaign yourself. As campaigns end, your stake moves on to the best one still running, without any action from you. Any portion that finds no room keeps earning the base staking APY until a campaign has space.

Rewards are personal. Each campaign pays its own token, and your share is counted only for the campaigns your own stake actually sits in. There is no single strategy APY, so two users who joined at different times can earn different rates.

How to stake

Connect your wallet

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

Enter an amount

Enter the amount of SOL to stake and confirm the transaction in your wallet.

Receive JSOL

Your SOL is deposited to JPool, exactly as with Liquid Staking, and you receive JSOL in return, unlocking the benefits of liquid staking. The strategy then places your stake into campaigns for you.

Claiming rewards

Campaign rewards are paid in kind, per token, and never expire. Open your active positions in your Portfolio and claim whenever you like. Because rewards are transferred in kind, each token is claimed separately and needs a token account in your wallet.

How to unstake

Smart Staking keeps your JSOL liquid. To withdraw, exchange your JSOL back for SOL, choosing instant unstaking for a higher fee or delayed unstaking for a lower fee. See How rewards accrue.

INFO

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

Risks

• Campaign APY is not guaranteed. Campaigns end, and a new one paying the same rate may not exist.
• Capacity is limited and shared. Part of your stake may earn only the base staking APY until room appears.
• Reward token value can change. Rewards are paid in campaign tokens, whose value can rise or fall.

Smart Staking or Direct Staking?

Both strategies earn incentive campaign rewards while keeping JSOL liquid. The difference is control:

• Choose Smart Staking if you want campaign rewards handled automatically, with your stake routed to the highest-paying campaigns and rotated for you.
• Choose Direct Staking if you want to pick a specific validator, support it through Direct Stake Matching, and bind existing JSOL to it yourself.