Staked connections route your transactions directly to current and upcoming block leaders, bypassing public queues for near-guaranteed delivery. All paid plans automatically use staked connections by default - no code changes required. Learn more in our transaction sending overview.

If your application requires predictable and low-latency landing rates on Solana, a staked connection is essential because it mitigates the risk of dropped transactions and long processing times, which are common issues with unstaked endpoints, especially during periods of high network activity.

A standard (or "unstaked") RPC endpoint sends transactions to the public transaction processing queue, where they compete with all the other network traffic. This can lead to transactions being delayed or failing. A staked connection, on the other hand, utilizes our staked SOL to gain priority access, sending your transactions directly to the block leader. This ensures a higher rate of success and minimal latency. For comparison, there are 500

Yes, staked connections are available on all of our shared, paid plans. Staked connections are not available on free plans, nor are they included with dedicated nodes.

No. Dedicated nodes do not include staked connections by default. We recommend purchasing a shared plan for sending transactions in addition to using a dedicated node for handling RPC or gRPC requests.

Yes, you can purchase a staked connection endpoint as a standalone product. Please contact our sales team to assist with this request.

If you are an HFT trader, MEV searcher, arbitrager, token sniper, or generally need the lowest latency landing rates with the highest guarantees, you should use Sender. If latency is not essential for your core business, staked connections included on all shared plans will generally be sufficient for your use case (e.g., wallets, DeFi, social apps, etc.)