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Safety review

How safe is Marinade,
really?

Instead of a vague 'trusted' badge, we grade Marinade on five concrete, checkable criteria — each with sources. Here's exactly how it scores.

Grade
B
4 of 5 checks passed
Computed automatically from public data. Higher is safer.
The five checks

Criterion by criterion, with sources

5 criteria · check each one
  • ✗
    Regulation

    Decentralized protocol, not a licensed entity — no regulator or custodian to fall back on. Legitimacy rests on audits and on-chain transparency. Source →

  • ✓
    Proof-of-Reserves

    Fully on-chain and non-custodial; the mSOL contract is governed by a 6-of-13 multisig and every position is publicly verifiable. Source →

  • ✓
    Flexible withdrawal

    mSOL is liquid — instant unstake is available (fee applies), or delayed unstake in about one epoch (~2 days). Source →

  • ✓
    Insurance Fund

    Partial protection via Protected Staking Rewards — validators post a SOL bond that covers downtime and commission changes (not smart-contract failure). Source →

  • ✓
    Track record (2+ years incident-free)

    No hacks or smart-contract exploits since the August 2021 launch; only brief 2–3% mSOL deviations during market stress. SOC 2 Type I & II certified. Source →

Bottom line

Verdict

⚖️
Verdict. Marinade passes 4 of 5 safety checks (grade B) — among the safer venues we track. No platform is risk-free: keep only what you can afford to lose on any single one, and prefer flexible over locked products.
Full Marinade rates → How we grade