The Vault
  • About
    • 🚀Our Mission
    • 🔥vSOL
    • ✨Points program
    • 🤓Contributors
    • 🔢Stake pool address
    • 🏦The Vault Fees
    • 📈Tokenomics
  • Validators
    • 📊Delegation Strategy
    • 💫Get stake from the pool!
    • ✅Validator Allowlist
    • 🛡️Validator Shield Initiative
    • 🏦Kamino Multiply Strategy
    • 🔏Signing A Message
    • 🪙LST Creator
    • ⚙️LST Creator Widget
    • 📚LST Creator API
    • 🏛️Validator Application Process
    • 📃Waitlist Criteria
    • ☀️Allowlist Criteria
    • 💻Validator Reward Claim Instructions
    • 📦Stake-as-a-Service (SaaS)
  • Users
    • 🎯Validator target stake
    • 🌊Liquid staking
    • 📈Staking APY
    • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Multisig staking
    • 🔔The Vault Discord
    • ☀️Delayed LST unstaking in Solflare Wallet
    • 👻Delayed LST unstaking in Phantom Wallet
    • 🏅Squads
    • 🎖️Units
  • 🔐Risks
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  • 📜 General Delegation Criteria
  • 🧩 How The Vault Splits Stake
  • 🌍 Impact on the Ecosystem
  • 🙌 Community DAO Approval
  • ❓ Interested in Joining the Allowlist?
  1. Validators

Get stake from the pool!

Learn how to receive stake from The Vault's pool to bolster your validator.

📜 General Delegation Criteria

To qualify for stake, validator operators must meet the Solana Foundation Delegation Criteria (SFDC) in the following areas:

  • Not part of the super-minority

  • Maximum commission

  • Vote credits

  • Decentralization

  • Minimum version of the validator client

Note: Operating a testnet validator is not required.

🧩 How The Vault Splits Stake

The Vault now allocates 100% of the undirected stake to validators on the allowlist. This change reflects the growth of the allowlist, which has surpassed 100 validators, and ensures more focused support for trusted and high-performing validators.

To join the allowlist and qualify for stake, a validator operator must:

General Delegation Criteria:

  • Fulfill the standard SFDC requirements.

Additional Requirements:

  • Operate using the Jito MEV client with a maximum MEV commission equal to the SFDC’s maximum validator commission.

  • Meet at least one of the following:

    • Be a dApp team running a validator to support its operations.

    • Have a community actively involved in the validator's operations.

    • Be a validator with a proven track record of contributing to the broader Solana ecosystem.

🌍 Impact on the Ecosystem

By supporting decentralized stake distribution and helping builders on Solana generate more revenue, The Vault directly strengthens the financial stability of the Solana builder ecosystem.

🙌 Community DAO Approval

Once our governance token is launched, the community will manage validator allowlisting through on-chain voting, implemented in four stages:

Stage 1: Initial list of validators chosen by The Vault team (no voting). Stage 2: Voting in Discord, verified by vSOL holders. Stage 3: On-chain voting (yes/no) using the governance token. Stage 4: Weighted on-chain voting (similar to Tribeca gauges).

This phased approach ensures immediate community impact while gradually improving the process mechanics.

❓ Interested in Joining the Allowlist?

If you’re a validator operator looking to get allowlisted, contact our team on Discord today!

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