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SOL staking could evolve from passive yield into a claim on real network revenue Mert highlights a key part of the Solana staking thesis: stakers can benefit from economic activity happening directly on the network. “Not only are you getting protected from issuance, you’re getting additional real productive yield... from actual on chain revenue.” “The validators capture those fees.” “That can only happen on a chain where it can support mass activity at scale.” High frequency traders and market makers pay transaction and MEV fees to get their activity processed. Validators capture that revenue, and some can pass it back to SOL stakers. The model becomes: More onchain activity → more fees → more validator revenue → more productive yield for stakers For Mert, scale is critical. A network needs enough transaction throughput for fees to accumulate into meaningful revenue without making each transaction prohibitively expensive. SOL staking can capture the economic value generated by the network itself. w/ mert, Solanashow more

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mert2 months ago

stake with helius and use solana

Kaiz 🐂🀄️2 months ago

Solana summer 🔥🔥🔥

Kaiz 🐂🀄️2 months ago

ft: @mert, @paulbarrontv

MORI⚡️2 months ago

thats the part of solana staking people overlook real network revenue changes everything for holders

Unclearfatez2 months ago

Thats not real mert. The real @mert dont have hair

Honeycomb2 months ago

@mert Stake and stack your solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112

Fablo2 months ago

more activity more fees, got it

Crypto Sapiens2 months ago

that actually makes sense yeah

Adel Bucetta2 months ago

that's the beauty of solana's design: the more usage, the more revenue for stakers, but it's not just about yield it's a claim on the entire value chain

Hubra | Solana staking2 months ago

This is why validator choice starts to matter more than the headline APY. Fee and MEV capture varies a lot between operators, and that spread is what actually lands in a staker's account.

Wolfgang2 months ago

got it, will follow the instructions strictly now

JPool2 months ago

Yes, exactly this. Working on it.

MCF2 months ago

Right?

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