Jito (JitoSOL) Review
Value-accruing SOL staking with published exit fee
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Jito charges a 4% management fee on staking and MEV rewards after validator commissions — roughly 0.3% of deposited SOL per year — with JitoSOL accruing value rather than rebasing. Delayed unstaking takes up to an epoch with a 0.1% fee; instant exit is available by selling.
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Fee
4% of staking and MEV rewards, after validator commissions
Receipt token
JitoSOL, value-accruing
Delayed unstake
Up to ~1 epoch, 0.1% fee
Instant exit
By selling on a DEX, typically under 0.3%
Licence
Apache-2.0
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (9.0 + 9.0 + 8.0 + 9.0 + 4.0) ÷ 5 = 7.8.
Pros
- Fee published as 4% of rewards after validator commissions, about 0.3% of deposited SOL a year
- JitoSOL is value-accruing: 1 JitoSOL starts at 1 SOL and appreciates as rewards accrue
- Delayed unstake up to about one epoch (~2 days) with a stated 0.1% fee; instant exit by selling on a DEX
- StakeNet selects the top 400 validators by permissionless binary criteria
- Apache-2.0 on the StakeNet and validator repositories
Cons
- The security page states three firms audited the underlying stake-pool program but does not name them
- Instant exit depends on secondary-market liquidity rather than the protocol
- Delegation is bounded to a top-400 set rather than fully open
The fee is stated where it bites
Jito charges 4% of staking and MEV rewards, and states plainly that this is applied after validator commissions — roughly 0.3% of a deposit's value per year. Naming the base the fee applies to, not just the rate, is the kind of specificity this criterion rewards.
Two exit routes, both documented
A delayed unstake takes up to about one epoch with a 0.1% fee and no slippage; an instant exit is available by selling JitoSOL on a DEX, with no protocol withdrawal fee and typically under 0.3% of slippage. A holder knows both the slow-and-cheap and the fast-and-market-priced options.
The audit gap
The security page states that three firms have audited the underlying Solana stake-pool program and links to the reports, but does not name the firms on the page itself. Naming them is what makes an audit checkable, and its absence holds the audit score down despite an otherwise strong entry.
How it compares
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Bedrock (uniETH)
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Ankr (ankrETH)
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Frax Ether (sfrxETH)
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Puffer (pufETH)
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Mantle (mETH)
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Origin Ether (OETH)
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Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Jito — JitoSOL general FAQ (fee and receipt token) — checked
- 2.Jito — unstaking overview — checked
- 3.Jito — StakeNet delegation criteria — checked
- 4.Jito StakeNet — LICENSE (Apache-2.0) — checked
Frequently asked questions
What fee does JitoSOL charge?
Jito charges 4% of staking and MEV rewards after validator commissions, which it states works out to roughly 0.3% of a deposit's value per year.
How do I unstake JitoSOL?
A delayed unstake takes up to about one epoch with a 0.1% fee, or you can exit instantly by selling JitoSOL on a DEX at the market rate.
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