Instant Unstake: The Fastest Way to Exit Native Staking on Solana

Built by Marinade in collaboration with Anza

If you’ve staked SOL on Solana before, you know the pain of waiting through a full epoch — about two days — just to access your funds again.
That delay can mean missed trading opportunities, idle capital, and unnecessary friction when managing your staking positions.

Instant Unstake changes that.
It’s the fastest and easiest way to exit native staking on Solana, giving you your SOL back instantly — with zero wrapping, zero hops, and zero platform fees.

Built in collaboration with Anza, this feature marks a major evolution in how staking liquidity works on Solana.

Why Instant Unstake Matters

On Solana, native unstaking traditionally takes one full epoch — roughly 2 days.
That’s fine for long-term stakers, but it creates friction for anyone who needs liquidity or flexibility.

Instant Unstake removes that wait entirely.
It lets you convert your staked SOL back to liquid SOL immediately, without needing to wrap tokens or touch liquid staking derivatives.

You keep the benefits of native staking — direct validator exposure, transparent rewards, and no smart contract risk — while gaining instant liquidity when you need it most.

How It Works

When you connect your wallet, Marinade automatically detects all your stake accounts on-chain — even those not created through Marinade.
Simply enter how much SOL you want to unstake, receive a quote, confirm, and get your SOL instantly.

The process is entirely on-chain, permissionless, and secure.
Instant Unstake can handle multiple stake accounts in a single transaction, verifying authorities and balances precisely before finalizing.

What Happens Behind the Scenes

When you confirm an Instant Unstake, your stake account transfers to a buyer who provides SOL in the same transaction.
It’s an atomic exchange — both sides execute simultaneously or not at all.

The result: instant, final, and safe unstaking without any partial fills or waiting.

Two Liquidity Paths

Instant Unstake introduces two complementary liquidity mechanisms:

1. Atomic Swap

The fastest path — one transaction co-signed by both parties.
It executes as an all-or-nothing settlement, ensuring clean, efficient execution.

2. Limit Order via Auction

You can escrow your stake into a program and define your minimum price.
This supports partial fills and cancelable orders, adding flexibility and control.

Both paths aim to maximize liquidity depth and efficiency while preserving safety.

Auctions and Market Making

Instant Unstake uses a Request-for-Quote (RFQ) model where market makers compete to buy stake accounts.
In the atomic path, bids clear immediately at the best price.

An upcoming limit order auction will further improve fairness — rewarding honest bids by letting winners pay based on the bids they outperform.
This creates a transparent, competitive marketplace that naturally deepens liquidity over time.

Security and Guarantees

Every Instant Unstake transaction includes strict signer and authority checks, ensuring only authorized stake accounts move.

• Atomic path: both sides settle or revert.
• Limit path: your stake remains safely held in the program until cleared and released.

These rules ensure fund safety and on-chain verifiability across every transaction.

Performance and Costs

Instant Unstake is built for speed and efficiency — not fees.

• 0% platform fee — you keep everything.
• All-in quotes — what you see is what you get.
• One-transaction execution — fast and cost-effective.

As more makers and venues join, liquidity depth will continue to grow.
Soon, you’ll be able to set your own minimum acceptable price, giving you total control over your unstake.

Join the Marketplace

Instant Unstake is live and open to market makers of all sizes who want to provide liquidity and shape the future of Solana staking.

If you’re interested in participating, reach out to us on Twitter/X — we’d love to connect and bring you onboard.