Solana Staking Calculator
Estimate Solana (SOL) staking rewards over any period. Prefilled with a typical SOL reward rate and the live SOL price — edit both to match your validator.
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Using the Solana Staking Calculator
This calculator estimates what staking SOL pays over a period you choose, in both coins and dollars. The reward rate is prefilled at 7% — roughly 6–8% before validator commission — but treat that as a starting point, not a quote: staking rates move with participation and with validator commission, so put in the rate your own validator advertises.
How you stake SOL: Delegate SOL to a validator directly from a Solana wallet, or hold a liquid staking token such as mSOL or jitoSOL. Liquidity matters as much as the rate. Stake activates and deactivates on epoch boundaries — expect to wait a couple of days at each end, though liquid staking tokens sidestep this. A high advertised rate on a coin you cannot exit quickly is a different product from the same rate on a liquid position, and that difference shows up exactly when you need it — during a sharp drawdown.
Two things the dollar figure cannot tell you. First, rewards are usually taxable as income when you receive them in most jurisdictions, at the value on the day — see the tax guide for your country. Second, SOL is a high-beta major: it has repeatedly outperformed and underperformed BTC by wide margins inside the same cycle. A 7% yield does not protect you from a price move several times that size, so judge staking on total return, not on the APR alone.
What 7% actually compounds to on SOL
- Reward rate
- 7% (roughly 6–8% before validator commission)
- First year on 100 SOL
- 7 SOL
- Monthly-compounded 1y
- 7.23 SOL
- Compounded 5y
- 41.76 SOL
At 7% (roughly 6–8% before validator commission), staking 100 SOL pays about 7 SOL in the first year simple. Compounded monthly that becomes 7.23 SOL, and left to compound for five years, 41.76 SOL — the gap widens the longer your SOL stays put, which is where the lockup matters: Stake activates and deactivates on epoch boundaries — expect to wait a couple of days at each end, though liquid staking tokens sidestep this.
Staking is native to Solana, so you are securing the protocol directly rather than trusting a wrapper. Rewards arrive in SOL, so their dollar value rides the price — a 7% yield is no defence against a price move several times that size, so judge the position on total return rather than the headline rate.
Figures are derived from SOL's own daily closes over the window shown and are bounded by it — not all-time values. Prices move; treat them as context, not a forecast.
Solana at a glance
- Launched
- March 2020
- Consensus
- Proof-of-stake with proof-of-history
- Slot time
- ~400 milliseconds
- Supply
- No hard cap — inflation declines on a fixed schedule
- Staking minimum
- None — delegate any amount
- Native staking
- Yes — delegate to a validator from your wallet
Frequently asked questions
- How much can I earn staking Solana?
- At roughly 7% a year, staking 100 SOL earns about 7 SOL over twelve months before commission. Enter your own amount and rate above for the exact figure, in coins and at the live SOL price.
- Is my SOL locked while staking?
- Stake activates and deactivates on epoch boundaries — expect to wait a couple of days at each end, though liquid staking tokens sidestep this.
- Are SOL staking rewards taxed?
- In most countries staking rewards are income at the moment you can access them, valued in your local currency on that date, and then a second capital-gains event when you later sell. A few treat them differently — Germany, for instance, has its own allowance for staking income. Check our tax guide for your jurisdiction.
- How are staking rewards calculated?
- Rewards ≈ amount staked × annual reward rate × (days ÷ 365). This is a simple (non-compounded) estimate.
- APR vs APY for staking?
- APR is the flat annual rate. If you restake (compound) rewards, your effective APY is higher — see the APY calculator.
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For educational purposes only. Rates, fees and protocol parameters change — verify current figures with your exchange or validator before acting. Not financial advice.