Tramplin launches Solana-based staking… "Benchmarked on 'premium bonds'"

Tramplin(Tramplin), a Solana (SOL)-based staking platform, said on the 4th (local time) that it is officially launching its staking service.

Tramplin is a staking firm founded early last year. Its goal is to offer ordinary Solana holders investment opportunities—previously accessible only to whales (large investors)—without impairing principal.

The core of Tramplin's staking service is a "reward redistribution mechanism." Inspired by premium bonds, the structure offers the chance to earn relatively high yields while preserving principal stability through staking. Lottery bonds are bonds that pay out a set amount via drawings instead of regular interest.

According to Tramplin, this mechanism can deliver higher yields than conventional staking services. A Tramplin official explained, "(Our mechanism) pools staking rewards and redistributes them probabilistically," adding, "It gives users the opportunity to earn excess returns while maintaining full control over their principal."

Tramplin's service runs on a staking framework optimized for Solana. Users can participate in staking by delegating tokens directly to validator nodes without smart-contract or counterparty risk.

A Tramplin official said, "The design goal is to make staking fairer and more engaging without creating new risks, by combining randomness whose fairness is proven through a 'verifiable random function (VRF)' and Merkle-based transparency, among other elements."

Tramplin is targeting small Solana investors. In testing, the company has already confirmed cases in which some small investors' annual percentage yield (APY) increased through the reward redistribution mechanism.

Tramplin emphasized, "We started from a sense of concern about how retail investors have participated in the market across multiple cycles." It continued, "Since 2021, a significant portion of new (retail investor) activity has been driven by memecoin speculation, excessive leverage, and short-term trading models," adding, "In the process, small investors entered late each time and exited the market on unfavorable terms."

Tramplin believes this has led to a structure in which much of the crypto market is optimized for volatility and rapid capital redistribution, leaving retail investors with little choice but to incur losses.

Alongside the service launch, Tramplin also unveiled a program for strategic partners. The program allows auditors, analysts and others to jointly verify the protocol and share it with their respective communities. The program's goal is to provide an alternative that is less costly than operating an individual validator node directly while offering greater transparency.