Staking Pool Delegation Strategy

At the core of our mission is a commitment to Solana’s decentralisation, transparency, and resilience. Our delegation strategy is designed to support high-quality validators from underrepresented regions and emerging networks maintaining strict operational and ethical standards.

Strategy Objectives

  • Empower diversity: Direct stake to validators from underrepresented regions and non-mainstream infrastructure setups.

  • Promote operational excellence: Support validators with strong uptime, up-to-date software, and responsible behaviour.

Validator Eligibility

To be eligible for delegation from our pool, a validator must:

  • Be based in low stake-concentration locations and outside of OFAC-sanctioned countries.

  • Maintain a commission rate no higher than 10% over the last 90 days.

  • Not be blacklisted by the Solana Foundation.

Stake Distribution

Base Stake (50%)

Half of the total pool stake is equally distributed across all eligible validators.

Weighted Stake (Remaining 50%)

The other half is distributed based on a scoring system, rewarding decentralisation and excellence, while penalising risk factors.

Scoring Criteria

Bonus Points:

  • +100: Located in an underrepresented country or city

  • +60: Has low total stake (bottom third)

  • +50: Uses a non-major data center or hosting provider

  • +40: Uses a less common Solana client

  • +30: Publicly listed website, contact info, and validator identity

Penalty Points:

  • −100: Running an outdated client version

  • −80: Skip rate above 10% or vote rate below 90%

  • −50: Changing commission before epoch ends

  • Delinquent validators:

    • 1st epoch: stake slashed by 50%

    • 2nd subsequent epoch: stake removed entirely

We also cap stake per validator, ensuring no single entity grows disproportionately regardless of their score.

We review the scoring criteria model monthly and reserve the right to adjust.

Rebalancing & Automation

  • Delegation is recalculated every two weeks, at the end of the Thursday epoch.

  • A mix of on-chain and off-chain tools track performance and behaviour metrics.

  • Our system automatically adjusts stake based on updated validator scores.

Treasury & Liquidity

The pool retains a 10% treasury reserve to manage token liquidity. This is rebalanced independently of the validator stake every epoch.