Security & Responsibility

Staking on Solana is non-custodial. Solya, like any validator on the network, has no access to your wallet or staked SOL. The Solana protocol handles reward distribution automatically at the end of each epoch. You can unstake at any time; funds become available once the current epoch closes, typically within 2 to 3 days.

The node runs on dedicated hardware in Singapore (Vultr/Edgevana, AS20473), following nearly a year of operation in São Paulo, Brazil (June 2025 to May 2026). The move to Singapore happened in May 2026 when Jito's BAM rollout did not reach São Paulo in time. The server is hardened, access is restricted to key-based authentication, and the validator client follows Anza and Solana Foundation release guidance.

The node is connected to DoubleZero for filtered, low-latency validator communication, and runs the Jito BAM client for verifiable, tamper-resistant transaction scheduling.

Identity key, vote key, and withdraw authority are fully separated. The withdraw authority is stored offline and never touches the validator server. Commission is set to 0% and there are no plans to change that. If it ever did change, it would be announced publicly well in advance.

Solya also runs a validator on the Alpenglow community cluster (since wave 2, May 2026). This is an isolated network with completely separate identity and vote keys that have no relationship to the mainnet validator or its withdraw authority. Participation in the Alpenglow cluster cannot affect mainnet stakers in any way: different network, different keys, no shared funds.

Solya also runs a node on Solana testnet, the standard pre-release network used by operators to test new Anza and Agave client versions before they reach mainnet. Like the Alpenglow cluster, this is an isolated environment with its own identity and vote keys, fully unrelated to the mainnet validator or any of its keys.

Keep your seed phrase offline and never share it. Use a trusted wallet: Phantom or Solflare both support native Solana staking. Stake through your wallet's staking interface or the options on the Stake page. Never send SOL directly to any address.