The Modular Future of Liquid Staking on Solana
How SolBlaze is turning staking into programmable DeFi infrastructure.
Liquid staking is often seen as a simple way to earn rewards without locking capital. But on Solana, SolBlaze is turning it into something more powerful: a composable primitive that protocols can build on, customize, and govern.
While players like Jito and Kenzo are pushing the LRT narrative forward, SolBlaze is shifting how we think about LSTs themselves. With bSOL, BLZE, and the upcoming Bliq framework, it’s building a modular, incentive-aligned system that treats staking not just as a yield source — but as programmable infrastructure.
The Building Blocks: bSOL, BLZE, and the Bliq Framework
- bSOL: liquid staking that actually plugs into DeFi
Unlike LSTs that stay siloed or exist purely for farming, bSOL is built to be composable. It’s designed for integration, not isolation.
It automatically restakes rewards, delegates to 100+ decentralized validators, and is supported across Solana’s major DeFi protocols — from Jupiter and MarginFi to Kamino and Sanctum. bSOL also receives additional BLZE incentives, aligning staking with usage and liquidity depth.
This turns bSOL from a passive token into a base asset for Solana’s yield layer.
- BLZE Gauges: staking meets coordination markets
SolBlaze introduces a Curve-style gauge system where BLZE holders vote on where emissions go — such as bSOL/USDC or bSOL/JitoSOL pools.
This creates:
Market-driven liquidity routing
An open incentive layer for protocols to participate in
A governance mechanism that links users, protocols, and validators
Incentives are no longer hardcoded. They're governed, dynamic, and contestable.
- Bliq: modular infrastructure for launching LSTs
SolBlaze’s upcoming framework, Bliq, takes things a step further.
Instead of building a staking token from scratch, projects can use Bliq to launch their own — with customizable rules and secure defaults.
What Bliq offers:
Custom validator delegation logic (e.g., stake to eco-validators or operator collectives)
Built-in mint/burn mechanisms with on-chain accounting
Hooks for incentive programs and integrations
A way for DAOs or validators to launch LSTs without deploying new smart contracts
In short: if bSOL is SolBlaze’s flagship product, Bliq is the infrastructure behind it.
Why this unlocks new possibilities
What Bliq really unlocks is the ability to treat staking as infrastructure — not just a product. Instead of launching yet another generic LST, protocols and DAOs can now design staking tokens that reflect their own values, validator preferences, or incentive logic. This moves staking from a backend activity to a visible, programmable layer of protocol design.
A validator collective might launch a branded LST to share revenue with supporters. A DAO could issue a staked governance token that reflects long-term alignment. An on-chain game might even use staked SOL positions as access layers or reward multipliers. The core idea is the same: staking no longer has to be passive or one-size-fits-all.
And because Bliq handles the hard parts — delegation logic, accounting, mint/burn security — these use cases are no longer limited to technical teams. The modularity means anyone with a stake strategy can now launch it natively.
Staking as modular DeFi infrastructure
This approach mirrors Solana’s own architectural values: don’t fragment, don’t over-engineer — just build in a unified environment with strong defaults and room for customization.
SolBlaze is doing exactly that. While others chase LRT narratives or bring Ethereum-style architectures to Solana, SolBlaze is quietly building an incentive-aligned system that feels native to the network. It doesn’t require new chains, new standards, or governance gymnastics. Just composable logic, used well.
With bSOL already deployed and Bliq on the horizon, SolBlaze isn’t just expanding liquid staking. It’s creating a modular foundation others can build on — whether they’re protocols, validators, or communities.
Final thoughts
The narrative around staking is shifting — from passive yield to programmable value. On Solana, that shift is accelerating fast.
SolBlaze is standardizing the tools others will build on. bSOL is already integrated across DeFi. BLZE introduces vote-driven incentive routing. Bliq could let any validator or DAO launch their own staking economy.
Staking is no longer just for validators and delegators — it's becoming a foundation for how protocols coordinate, reward, and govern. The next wave of DeFi on Solana won’t just use staking. It will be built with it.