Introducing CLI V2: Configurable Rewards

Since PoS staking on Solana started, validators have run the same CLI tool. One vote account. One commission rate. One node. Every staker gets identical terms — and if you want to offer someone better rates for a six-month commitment, your options are to spin up a separate node, build off-chain accounting, and ask them to trust you to pay out correctly.

Most of those deals never get made. Not because the appetite isn't there. Because the infrastructure to support them doesn't exist.

The consequences are real: stakers shopping for better rates leave with no mechanism to retain them. Delegation volume is unpredictable because nothing locks anyone in. And the validators who could attract institutional capital can't — because institutions need documented, on-chain terms before committing at scale, and a vote account commission rate doesn't provide that.

Pye built a validator CLI to fix this.

Custom Commissions for Inflation, MEV & Block Rewards

Custom lockups are staking products validators create from the Pye Validator Dashboard. Each one carries its own commission rates across inflation rewards, MEV tips, and block rewards — with an optional SOL cap and a choice between public lockups (open to anyone) or private ones (restricted to whitelisted addresses).

Your vote account is never touched. Creating a lockup takes under a minute. When it's live, the dashboard generates a shareable link you can send directly to stakers.

You can run as many lockups simultaneously as you want — different terms, different audiences, different durations — all from one account.

Automated Rewards Distribution

The Pye CLI is the accounting and distribution layer behind it. A server daemon polls each epoch, calculates what each staker is owed under their custom terms, and distributes automatically across all active lockups from a preloaded paymaster wallet.

Once funded, it runs without manual intervention. Total setup time: about 13 minutes. Every new lockup after that takes under a minute.

What this unlocks for your validator

Retention. Existing stakers can migrate their current position into a higher-reward lockup in one click — without unstaking. You give them a reason to stay before they start shopping.

Predictability. Stake locked into multi-month terms means you know your delegation structure months in advance. Sudden mass unstaking stops being a scenario you need to model for.

Institutional stake. Private lockups restricted to specific wallet addresses give institutional delegators the documented, on-chain terms they need before committing capital. The deals that were never getting made now have the infrastructure to support them.

Promotional campaigns. Offer 0% commission on the first 5,000 SOL before a fixed date. Set a hard cap that closes the offer automatically when it fills. A real offer with real scarcity — not an indefinite discount.

Get started

Register at dashboard.pye.fi and complete the whitelist process. Questions or interested in co-marketing? Find us on X at @pyefinance.