TL;DR:
- Since February 2026, Solana has offered the Solana Staking Index, a transparent benchmark for measuring staking performance on the network.
- This index is calculated every epoch using on-chain data and excludes MEV hints to provide a consistent reference to the underlying yield of the network.
- Marinade Finance, Titan Analytics, stakefish, Layer33, and Chainflow are the organizations supporting the development of SSI.
A group of staking protocols and analytics providers Launched Solana Staking Index (SSI), An open source platform designed to establish Transparent and standardized reference for base yields What users should expect when staking $SOL. Five ecosystem organizations are involved in this project: marinade finance, Titan Analytics, stakefish, Layer33, Chainflow.
SSI draws inspiration from: Equivalent to the traditional financial system SOFR rate, federal funds rate, etc. The index is calculated from each epoch. On-chain RPC calls allow $SOL Derivation of emissions and network block rewards. The methodology is built on public and fully verifiable on-chain data. MEV chips are excluded from the calculation because their distribution varies significantly between validators, potentially skewing the base reference that the index is intended to provide.
Michael Repetný, co-founder and CEO of Marinade Finance, said: Lack of benchmark interest rate was a significant barrier to institutional implementation. “Solana stakes have grown into a multibillion-dollar economy, but until now there has been no standardized way to measure the network’s real base yield,” Repetny said.
Ecosystem structure indicators
Beyond serving as a reference for individual stakers, SSI Aiming to become the infrastructure of Solana’s DeFi ecosystem. This tool allows protocol founders and operators to build applications on a standardized revenue foundation. It also provides users with features such as: Compare the performance of your staking positions to network benchmarks You will also receive email alerts if your returns deviate from the index.
New Use Cases for Solana Networks
Max Sherwood, founder of RevTec.fi, suggested that widely accepted benchmarks could unlock new use cases, including: Interest rate swaps, hedging tools for validators against declining block rewards, prediction markets for on-chain activity. Sherwood emphasized that staking on Solana is the biggest source of revenue for the crypto industry and deserves a reference vehicle that exists in traditional finance.
SSI too Built-in historical mapping of Solana emissions and block rewardsallowing analysis of evolution over time.
