Validator Economics Are Broken

Why we started working on Pye

Oct 9, 2025
Validator Economics Are Broken

A Note From the Founders...

We spent a long time talking to validators on Solana and discovered Solana has a hidden yield curve. Validators had been sharing more MEV and block rewards in exchange for longer duration lockups. Pye's mission is to bring this behavior onchain and build a transparent market where validators and stakers can transact.

6 months later, we built a new protocol on Solana that extends the capabilities of native stake accounts with additional features that allow them to:

  • Accurately track staking rewards 9eg. MEV, block rewards, inflation)
  • Encode custom commercial terms (eg. flat, fixed, variable commissions)
  • Automate accouting and payment distributions

We're in the midst of updating this blog post as part of a series of larger updates we're making prior to launch.

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