> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anchorage.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# SOL staking

> Stake Solana (SOL) and manage stake accounts.

Solana is a layer-1 blockchain designed to host decentralized applications, secured by proof-of-stake consensus. Holders of SOL, Solana's native token, can earn rewards by staking and participating in network security.

Anchorage Digital offers support for Solana including custody, staking, and liquid staking through JitoSOL:

* Custody your SOL (deposit and withdraw)
* Stake SOL to any validator and collect rewards
* Mint JitoSOL directly from the Anchorage Digital platform

## Understanding your SOL balances

Due to Solana network requirements, Anchorage will hold a small amount of SOL in your account. The different balances you might see in your wallet include:

| Balance type                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Available**                       | Your spendable SOL balance — what you can freely transfer or stake.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Rent Reserve - Stake Account(s)** | SOL locked aside to keep your stake account(s) alive. Solana requires every on-chain account to maintain a minimum SOL balance to stay "rent-exempt."                                                                                       |
| **Rent Reserve - Wallet**           | A small amount of SOL locked to keep your wallet account alive on-chain.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Staked**                          | SOL that is actively delegated to a validator.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **Staking Reserve**                 | A small buffer of SOL set aside to cover the transaction fees associated with managing your stake accounts. It ensures you always have enough SOL to perform staking operations, such as unstake and collect, on existing staked positions. |

## How to stake

<Steps>
  <Step title="Navigate to your wallet">
    Tap the vault, select the wallet, then tap **Stake**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select a validator">
    Pick a validator from the drop-down or enter the validator's vote account address, then tap **Next**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter amount">
    Enter the amount you wish to stake, then tap **Next**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and approve">
    View the amount of tokens to be staked. Tap **Review** after adding a comment (optional) to review and approve the operation. Once the operation's quorum policy is met, the operation will be signed and broadcast on-chain.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Solana rewards

When you stake your SOL, the protocol automatically re-stakes your rewards. Rewards are distributed every epoch — approximately 1–2 day periods — and will be added to your staking balance.

<Info>
  If you stake to a validator running Jito, you will also receive a separate reward type called MEV rewards. These rewards are not automatically restaked on your behalf. Instead, these rewards are distributed to your SOL staking account in an inactive state and must be collected. See the unstaking steps below to collect inactive rewards.
</Info>

## How to unstake

Unstaking requires you to initiate two operations: 1) unstake and 2) collect.

### Step 1: Unstake

<Steps>
  <Step title="Navigate to staking details">
    Go to the wallet screen and tap **View details**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Initiate unstake">
    Select the staking position from which you would like to unstake. Tap on the **\[ ··· ]** button in the staking position card, then tap **Unstake**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter amount">
    Enter the amount you wish to unstake from this staking position.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and approve">
    View the amount of tokens to be unstaked. Tap **Review** after adding a comment (optional) to review and approve the operation. Once the operation's quorum policy is met, the operation will be signed and broadcast on-chain.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You will need to wait until the current Solana epoch ends before your SOL is available to collect back to your wallet. Epochs are typically 1–2 days.

### Step 2: Collect

<Steps>
  <Step title="Navigate to staking details">
    Go to the wallet screen and tap **View details**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Collect inactive stake">
    Select the staking position from which you would like to collect the Inactive Stake. Tap on the **\[ ··· ]** button in the staking position card, then tap **Collect**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter amount and approve">
    Enter the amount you wish to collect from this staking position and tap **Next**. Tap **Review** after adding a comment (optional) to review and approve the operation. Once the operation's quorum policy is met, the operation will be signed and broadcast on-chain.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## JitoSOL mint and redeem

### Mint JitoSOL

To mint JitoSOL, follow the SOL staking flow and choose **JitoSOL (Liquid Staking)** from the available validator options.

### Redeem JitoSOL

To redeem JitoSOL for actively staked SOL, navigate to the wallet that holds `JITOSOL_SOLANA` and press **Redeem**.

Once the redemption operation is complete, the corresponding amount of actively staked SOL will appear in your wallet. You can then follow the SOL unstaking flow.

<Warning>
  **Redeem one at a time.** You can only redeem JITOSOL\_SOLANA one operation at a time. Wait for your first redemption to complete before starting the second redemption.
</Warning>

<Warning>
  **Redeeming over 40,000 JITOSOL\_SOLANA.** If you are redeeming more than 40,000 JITOSOL\_SOLANA, please split it into multiple transactions. To ensure success, keep each individual transaction at or below the 40,000 JITOSOL\_SOLANA limit.

  This limitation is from the protocol and is necessary because very few Jito validators can process larger, single redemptions. Note that the 40,000 JITOSOL\_SOLANA limit is subject to change as the protocol evolves.
</Warning>