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Jito

A Solana MEV protocol and liquid staking solution that distributes MEV rewards to stakers through the JitoSOL liquid staking token.

Jito — Jito is a Solana MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) infrastructure provider and liquid staking protocol. Its JitoSOL token allows users to earn both staking rewards and MEV tips while maintaining DeFi liquidity.

What Is Jito?

Jito operates MEV infrastructure on Solana, including a block engine that allows searchers (MEV bots) to submit transaction bundles with tips. Validators running Jito's client earn additional revenue from these MEV tips, which is passed through to JitoSOL stakers.

JitoSOL is a liquid staking token — when you stake SOL through Jito, you receive JitoSOL that accrues both staking rewards and MEV tips. JitoSOL can be used across Solana DeFi (lending, LP, collateral) while continuing to earn staking yield.

Jito and Trading

Jito's MEV infrastructure is relevant to token projects because MEV bots (arbitrageurs, sandwich traders) often interact with token pools. Understanding Jito tips can help project teams understand the MEV activity around their token's pools. High MEV activity on a token pool typically indicates significant trading interest and price volatility.

JitoSOL is also commonly used as a base pair in DeFi, meaning some token projects create liquidity pools paired with JitoSOL instead of native SOL to attract yield-conscious liquidity providers.

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MEV (Maximal Extractable Value)

Profit extracted by block producers by reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions within a block.

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mSOL (Marinade Staked SOL)

A liquid staking token on Solana issued by Marinade Finance, representing staked SOL that accrues staking rewards while remaining tradeable in DeFi.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Jito in cryptocurrency and DeFi.

JitoSOL is a liquid staking token representing SOL staked through Jito's validators. It earns both standard Solana staking rewards (~7% APY) and additional MEV tips from Jito's block engine. JitoSOL can be used in DeFi while continuing to earn yield.

Jito's MEV infrastructure allows arbitrage bots to submit transaction bundles that may interact with your token's liquidity pools. This generally improves price consistency across pools but can also enable sandwich attacks on large swaps. Using anti-MEV protections (like OpenLiquid's built-in protection) mitigates negative MEV impacts.

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