Solana validator calculator

Build your stake from the delegation programmes a validator can apply to or qualify for, then see what is left after costs. Pool figures are medians of what each programme currently delegates per validator, epoch 1053. Prefilled from Pine Stake.

Delegation sources

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Own and direct stake

your own SOL plus delegators you brought yourself

SFDP matching↗

338 validators · median 68.2k in total · half of your stake from every other source, at most 50k · apply with KYC, testnet node · commission ≤ 5 %, MEV ≤ 10 %, credits ≥ 97 % of the average, total stake ≤ 1M

SFDP residual↗

an even share of what the programme has left after matching · ≈ 30k per validator, measured on the latest snapshot

JitoSOL · StakeNet steward↗

417 validators · median 31.5k · no application · BAM client, commission ≤ 5 %, MEV ≤ 10 %, not superminority; an equal share for every eligible validator

Marinade liquid · SAM auction↗

70 validators · median 17.4k · auction · funded PSR bond and a bid; stake goes to the highest yield offered

Marinade Native · SAM auction↗

85 validators · median 22k · the same auction and bond, native stake accounts

The Vault · vSOL↗

148 validators · median 4,663 · apply on Discord, board vote · commission ≤ 5 %, MEV ≤ 10 %, stake ≤ 500k; shares for the top 100 by direct stake and the top 50 at 0 %

JPool↗

206 validators · median 415 · post a JSOL bond (0.5 SOL per 1k staked) · commission and MEV ≤ 10 %, other stake < 750k, not superminority

BlazeStake · bSOL↗

227 validators · median 1,354 · no application · tiers by skip rate, credits and commission (≤ 10 %); above 50k stake only at 0 % / 0 %

DynoSOL↗

72 validators · median 8,011 · apply, vetted contributions · SFDP member, uptime > 99 %, total stake < 350k; 2.5k to start, up to 7.5k

Phase Delegation · pdSOL↗

106 validators · median 10.5k · apply with a refundable Phase Bond · SFDP member, total stake < 300k, ecosystem contributions reviewed quarterly

Shinobi Performance Pool · xSHIN↗

48 validators · median 25.1k · no application · ranked on skip rate, vote latency and APY over 10 epochs; low commission, not superminority

JagPool · jagSOL↗

73 validators · median 4,020 · apply · validator in LATAM or APAC, commission ≤ 5 %, MEV ≤ 10 %, stake ≤ 1M, SFDP member or 40k external stake

DoubleZero · dzSOL↗

328 validators · median 494 · no application · connect to DoubleZero and publish shreds to Edge; stake ≥ 10k, commission ≤ 10 %; about 2 % of external stake

SOL Strategies · STKESOL↗

75 validators · median 7,143 · no application · equal stake for the 40–80 best by 30-day Wiz Score; nearly all of them run 0 % commission

Definity · definSOL↗

38 validators · median 2,312 · apply · team in APAC, Middle East, Africa or South America, funded SFDP member, Jito client, commission ≤ 5 %, MEV ≤ 10 %

Vote cost coverage

Total active stake200,495 SOL

Own and direct stake 17.3k
SFDP matching 50k
SFDP residual 30k
The Vault 16.7k
JPool 5,480
BlazeStake 3,491
DynoSOL 9,688
Phase Delegation 11.5k
JagPool 50.6k
DoubleZero 624
Definity 5,113

Validator settings

live network values prefilled

Inflation commission500 bpsMEV commission0 bpsPriority fees kept10000 bpsCredits ratio99.8 %

Hosting per monthUSDSOL pricelive $109.61 · editable

Vote cost model

Network this epoch (1052): inflation 3.61 %, staking yield 4.87 % of stake per year, MEV 0.22 %, priority fees 0.492 %, base fees to leaders 0.080 %, 272 epochs per year.

Fee rates are measured on 471,933 slots of epochs 1052–1053. The leader receives every priority fee and half of the base fees; block revenue sharing (SIMD-0123) is not active, so a validator shares priority fees only off-protocol. Lower “Priority fees kept” to model a share paid to stakers.

Result

22.7 epochs

Net per month

+80.8

SOL · $8,852

Break-even stake

81.5k

SOL

Delegator APY

4.95 %

after commission

Inflation commission500 bps of 811.51 SOL+40.58

MEV commission0 bps+0.00

Priority fees10000 bps of 82.25 SOL+82.25

Base feesleader's half, by leader slots+13.29

Vote transaction fees22.7 epochs−48.96

Hosting$700 / mo−6.39

Net per month≈ $8,852+80.76 SOL

Listed are the programmes that delegate to more than ten validators and take outside operators; each line links to its rules, read 2026-10-06. Closed pools are not listed: jupSOL, bnSOL, dSOL, hSOL, the marginfi LST and the single-validator Sanctum LSTs delegate to their own operators. Pool medians refresh every epoch from the validator lists on chain. Vote fees are the cluster median of the last financial epoch (1052).