Jito

Jito receives a C+ risk grade (38/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — dominant Solana staking position with MEV yield advantage, but unresolved validator exploitation and depeg concerns Solana's largest liquid staking protocol with ~$2.9B TVL, letting you stake SOL and receive JitoSOL that earns extra yield from MEV captured on the network. JitoSOL delivers 20-30% higher yields than native staking with 94% validator market share.

The key risks identified for Jito are: (1) Validators using Jito have been caught front-running regular traders' swaps, extracting 30,000-60,000 SOL per month despite 15+ validators being banned (2) If Solana's price drops fast, JitoSOL could trade at a 10-15% discount because there is not enough liquidity for everyone to sell at once (3) Most of Solana's validators run Jito's software — a single bug in that software could take down the majority of the network.

Jito scores 38/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 8/15, Interaction Severity: 8/20, Oracle Surface: 0/10, Documentation Gaps: 2/10, Track Record: 5/15, Scale Exposure: 7/10, Regulatory Risk: 2/10, Vitality Risk: 6/10. The highest risk area is Scale Exposure at 7/10.

Among 83 rated Liquid Staking protocols on Hindenrank, Jito ranks #67 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 38/100 risk score and C+ grade place it among the riskier Liquid Staking protocols.

Jito scores 5/15 on the Track Record risk dimension, indicating some history of security incidents or exploits. Higher scores reflect more severe or frequent incidents. Review the full risk report for details.