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Who it is for

Thandiwe Ncube is a frontend developer in Bulawayo whose SOL sits staked with an exchange validator she never chose, while her Thursday builders club keeps running short of money for the hall and the generator. With Hometown Stake she stakes into the club's own token, votes each epoch on which validators get the club's stake within safety rules, and a set share of the staking yield goes to the club treasury with a receipt for every spend.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$100

Yours in 3 to 5 days

The user app: stake and unstake with a live preview, the epoch vote within safety rules, three playable epoch outcomes, the club treasury with spend receipts, history and a three tier paywall with simulated USDC checkout. Built on an SPL stake pool on Solana.

You choose: token name and accent color
You choose: club share of yield
You choose: validator safety rules
You choose: vote weight method

Customfrom $1,200

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

Why own your own

Branded LSTs are easy to launch through Sanctum, and stake voting exists: Marinade let holders direct stake and now runs MNDE enhanced stake, and SolBlaze let BLZE holders vote stake to validators. What this adds is a club scale version: members of one community vote each epoch on their own pool's delegation within owner set safety rules, with square root vote weight and a per validator cap, and a fixed share of yield goes to the club treasury with public spend receipts. Honest label: low novelty, the community framing and the club share are the new parts.

Closest things out there

Sanctum branded and validator LSTs, Marinade directed stake and MNDE enhanced stake, SolBlaze custom liquid staking and BLZE gauges, Jito StakeNet.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Turns idle staked SOL into a vote for who secures the network and a steady, visible way to keep a local club's lights on.

The Regatta Board

Races Hometown Stake can enter

2 live races fit this app. Each one says why, with its prize and countdown. The rule on existing code is on the race page.

Grant roundSolanaSolana Foundation GrantsFundingNot announcedRolling, apply any timeWhy it fits. Stake decentralization and community tooling are recurring Solana Foundation interests; check current terms.26 other apps can enter tooSee the race HackathonSolanaColosseum EternalPrizeNot announcedRolling, apply any timeWhy it fits. Ongoing Solana hackathon for new products; check each event's rule on existing code and current terms.13 other apps can enter tooSee the race

See every race on the board

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

Your community's own liquid staking token on Solana: members vote each epoch on where the club's stake goes within your safety rules, and a set share of the yield funds the club with a receipt for every spend.

Base price · $100

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Illustrated home with the epoch countdown and first-run onboardingHome

Three step welcome (stake, vote, the club share), then the member's stake, this epoch's ballot and the club tin.

Stake builder with a live previewStake

Amount in SOL, tokens received at the current rate, past epoch rewards in SOL and the club share, before signing.

Unstake two waysStake

Delayed unstake after the epoch or an instant swap with the discount shown.

Epoch ballot within safety rulesVote

Spread votes across eligible validators; filtered ones show why they were dropped.

Three epoch outcomesVote

A normal epoch, a validator going delinquent mid epoch, and a large holder trying to steer the stake.

Club treasury with spend receiptsClub

Club share income by epoch, every spend with a hash, and what is planned next.

History with receiptsReceipts

Stakes, unstakes, votes and club share transfers, each marked onchain or offchain.

Plans, reminders, permissions and visionMe

Three tier paywall with simulated USDC checkout, reminders, share card and invite.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue dashboard with live paywall editorRevenue

Plan MRR, owner fee in SOL, monthly chart and tier editing that updates the user app.

Payments and pay methodsRevenue

Recent USDC payments and which methods checkout accepts.

Safety rules and pool settingsRules

Max commission, minimum uptime, superminority exclusion, per validator cap, minimum validators, vote weight and club share.

Epoch agent log with costsAgent

A delinquent validator dropped mid epoch, a failed rebalance retried, plus monthly running costs.

Roadmap with build requestsRoadmap

v1 included, v2 and v3 add-ons with prices and a request button.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Epoch card share loop and sister clubsGrowth

Epoch result cards, invites, member sources and a sister club simulation.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Members stake free; Supporter and Organizer plans add reminders, reports and club tools. A small owner fee on staking rewards goes to you, separate from the club share that goes to the club treasury.

MemberFreeStake, unstake, vote every epoch, treasury and receipts.

Supporter$3 per monthVote reminders, repeat my last vote, epoch report, supporter badge.

Organizer$19 per monthPropose treasury spends, member export, event check-ins, multiple admins.

Owner fee of 0 to 4 percent of staking rewards (default 2 percent) and a club share of 5 to 20 percent (default 10 percent) to the club treasury, both shown before staking. No fee on deposits.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Epoch result cards: where the club's stake went and what the club tin paid for
Members invite friends from the same club, one link at a time
Sister clubs in other cities run their own token on your rules
Local validators share the club's ballot with their own communities

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The club stake

Club token on an SPL stake pool
Epoch ballot with safety rules and caps
Rebalance crank
Club treasury with receipts
Paywall editor, rules, payouts

Included

Sister clubs

One app, several club tokens
Shared safety rules
Cross club leaderboard of validators backed

Add-on from $400

Club grants

Members vote on treasury grants
Milestone payouts with receipts
Yearly impact report

Add-on from $900

The pitch, ready for investors and grant reviewers

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Your 2 minute demo script

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Make it entirely yours

Your token name and brand, club share, safety rules, vote weight, validators to feature and integrations such as Discord roles, event check-ins or sister clubs are scoped and priced together.

Custom from $1,200

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The recipe (how it is built, the data, costs, risks, build order, the pitch and the demo script) is unlocked when your app is paid in full.

The need

Community members hold SOL that earns staking yield somewhere they never chose, while the communities they care about scrape together money for halls, power and prizes. Most stakers have no say in which validators secure the network with their stake.

What exists and what is new

This largely exists in parts. Sanctum makes branded Solana LSTs easy, Marinade and SolBlaze have let token holders direct stake to validators, and Jito StakeNet automates delegation. Hometown Stake is a club scale version: one community's own token, members vote each epoch on delegation within safety rules the owner sets, and a fixed share of yield funds the club with public receipts. Research verdict: low novelty; the community framing and club share are the new parts.

The data it runs on

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

1.The mission

Staked SOL should secure the network where its owners choose and keep the lights on in the places they gather.

2.Why people can't resist it

Epoch ballot Every two days or so, a short ballot: spread your votes across validators that passed the safety rules, and see where the club's stake moves.

The club tin The club share of yield lands in a treasury with every spend receipted: hall rent, diesel, prizes.

Local validator Members can back a validator run by people they know, within a cap so no one operator gets too much.

3.How it works for real

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

4.Pricing

Cost per use: unlocked when your app is paid in full.

Member Free

Stake, unstake, vote every epoch, see the treasury and every receipt.

Supporter $3 per month

Telegram reminders before each vote closes, repeat my last vote, an epoch report and a supporter badge.

Organizer $19 per month

For club leads: propose treasury spends, member export, event check-ins and multiple admins.

5.Growth loop

Every epoch result is a shareable card: where the club's stake went and what the club tin paid for. Other clubs see it and ask to run their own.

6.Risks and guardrails

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

7.Build order

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

8.Where this is going

Now
One club's own staking token, a fair epoch ballot, and a treasury that pays for the hall.
Next
Sister clubs in other cities, shared safety rules, and local validators that earn the club's stake by performing.
Later
A network of hometown tokens that together route stake toward independent, well run validators around the world.
The world it builds
Network security is chosen by communities, and the yield it pays keeps places for people to meet and learn.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Hometown Stake

Every community on Solana has members with staked SOL and a treasury that never has enough. Owning Hometown Stake means your club gets its own staking token: members vote each epoch on which validators get the stake, within safety rules you set, and a share of the yield pays for the hall, the power and the prizes, with a receipt for every spend. Start with your own club, then run it for every sister club that asks.

What’s stopping you?

“Running a stake pool sounds too technical for me.”

The pool runs on the audited SPL stake pool program that many LSTs use. You hold the manager key in a multisig with two members, and the Rules screen is a short form. The delivery guide walks through launch on devnet first.

“What if a whale takes over the vote?”

Votes count by the square root of a member's balance, each member has a cap, and no validator can get more than the per validator cap. Votes are public too. You can tighten all three from the Rules screen.

“What if a validator goes down and members lose money?”

Safety rules drop delinquent validators even mid epoch, and stake is spread across several. Slashing is not live on Solana today but could be, and the app says so. Never promise a rate.

“Is it a problem to take a fee from my own community?”

Be open about it. The owner fee and the club share are shown before anyone stakes, and every club spend has a receipt. Many owners set their own fee low and let the club share do the work.