Marinade is the original Solana liquid-staking protocol — mSOL is one of the most DeFi-integrated Solana LSTs, and Marinade's core liquid-staking program is immutable on-chain with no upgrade authority.
Deposit SOL and Marinade's delegation strategy fans your stake across 100+ validators. You receive mSOL, a receipt token whose exchange rate against SOL drifts upward every epoch as staking rewards compound — the balance never rebases.
Edge thickness, node size, and the density of flowing pulses show each validator's stake weight. Switch the delegation strategy to watch the stake auction reshuffle the allocation — performance concentrates the flow on top validators, decentralization spreads it across all.
Each epoch (~2 days) the rate ticks up. Your mSOL balance is unchanged — its SOL value grows. Advance epochs to watch it compound.
The mint / burn / redemption logic runs on an immutable on-chain program — no admin can pause or upgrade it. Only validator selection and fees are governance-mutable via the 4-of-7 Marinade Council.
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Native Solana staking locks SOL into validator stake accounts with multi-day unbond delays, making capital illiquid and unusable in DeFi during the staking period.
Marinade lets users deposit SOL and receive mSOL — a liquid SPL token whose exchange rate accrues staking yield — usable anywhere on Solana, with instant exit via the protocol's liquidity pool or a 1–2 epoch delayed unstake.
First Solana LST and category definer. Uniquely operates on an immutable on-chain program with no upgrade authority, was fair-launched with no VC allocations, and offers both liquid (mSOL) and fully non-custodial (Marinade Native) staking under one brand.
Marinade is a Liquid Staking protocol operating on Solana. Marinade is the original Solana liquid-staking protocol — mSOL is one of the most DeFi-integrated Solana LSTs, and Marinade's core liquid-staking program is immutable on-chain with no upgrade authority.
Marinade lets users deposit SOL and receive mSOL — a liquid SPL token whose exchange rate accrues staking yield — usable anywhere on Solana, with instant exit via the protocol's liquidity pool or a 1–2 epoch delayed unstake.
DeFi Sentinel rates Marinade AAA with a safety score of 93/100, indicating highest safety tier. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Marinade has 6 audits on record. DeFi Sentinel's analysis flagged 2 low risk alerts across Smart Contract & Technical Risk and Reputation & Social Trust. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
Marinade has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 93/100 (rating AAA), last updated May 21, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Marinade is deployed on Solana.
Yes. Marinade has 6 audit reports on record from firms including Ackee Blockchain, Kudelski Security, Neodyme. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.
