So, you’ve decided to stake your SOL. But with the abundance of options available, how do you choose the right one?
Infinity has quickly become one of the most popular choices on Solana, with nearly 50,000 wallets already staking through it. This article breaks down what makes Infinity one of the most efficient, flexible, and high-yield ways to stake your SOL.
Never heard of Infinity? You can catch up on the basics with our beginner-friendly guide here. Otherwise, let’s dive into how it’s outperforming the field.
Go Beyond Liquid Staking Tokens
Most liquid staking tokens (LSTs) on Solana follow a familiar pattern: you stake your SOL to a stake pool and receive a token—the LST—that reflects rewards from that pool, which are sourced from a single set of validators. If that LST underperforms, the burden is on you, the staker, to unstake your SOL and search for better alternatives to earn yield.
Infinity is different in that it’s not an LST—it’s a liquid staking strategy. It gives you exposure to Solana’s high-performing LSTs by holding an actively managed basket of them. This basket is continuously rebalanced to capture the best available yield across the Solana ecosystem.
Some users compare it to a yield-optimized index fund for SOL staking. But unlike an index, it doesn’t track passively. Infinity actively reallocates capital toward where the yield is strongest, so you don’t have to monitor dashboards or manually switch between LSTs.
The bottom line: choosing Infinity means staking with all the best yield providers at once.
And that’s not all.
Two Yield Streams, Not One
Most LSTs give you one stream of yield: staking rewards.
Infinity gives you two.
- Staking rewards from the underlying LSTs, including MEV, inflation, validator tips, and block rewards.
- Trading fees from users swapping LSTs through the Infinity liquidity pool.
Since Infinity is a basket of LSTs, it serves as a multi-asset liquidity pool, facilitating trades between LSTs with minimal slippage and no price impact (understand why here). Every trade that routes through Infinity generates a fee, and that fee is shared with INF holders.
That second yield stream is unique. Infinity is the only staking option on Solana that captures and distributes trading fees like this.
DeFi-Native by Design
Infinity isn’t just flexible under the hood; it’s also flexible in practice, designed to plug directly into Solana’s DeFi ecosystem.
When you stake with Infinity, you receive INF. Think of it as a tokenized receipt of your Infinity stake (and accrued rewards) that you can freely transact. You can use INF to provide liquidity, post it as collateral, or deploy it in yield strategies.
For you, that means less friction. There’s no need to worry about claiming rewards, compounding them, or missing out because you put your staked assets into a vault.
INF just works—wherever you hold and use it.
And if you ever want to exit your position? No problem. You can swap INF back to SOL instantly via Jupiter or any major DEX. No waiting, no cooldown period, no complicated unwrapping steps.
You can check out INF’s latest DeFi integrations on our website here
Who Should Use Infinity?
Infinity is built for all kinds of Solana users: newbies and veterans, passive holders and active DeFi participants, individual wallets and institutional users.
It’s especially advantageous for those who want:
- A proven, higher-yield staking strategy
- The ease of not having to manage multiple LSTs
- Instant liquidity and smooth exit options
- A token they can plug into DeFi without interrupting yield
- A more diversified, resilient staking approach
Whether you’re staking long-term or deploying capital across Solana DeFi, Infinity stands out as the premier staking strategy, automatically capturing top LST yields and trading activities that power the on-chain economy.
To recap, Infinity vs. alternatives:
How Do I Get Started?
Staking with Infinity is simple.
There are several options for beginning:
- Deposit SOL or LSTs directly into Infinity at app.sanctum.so/stake
- Swap SOL or any LST to INF at the same link
- Use your favourite DEX or wallet to swap any Solana token into INF
Once you receive INF in your wallet, that means that you’re staked and already earning yields.
Welcome to the Sanctosphere!