# Solana Proposal Routes Validator Pay Through On-Chain Contracts

A custom staker now sends validator revenue to a transparent distribution contract instead of an operator's hot wallet, testing what decentralization means in practice.

- Published: 2026-07-03T10:31:01.881Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-03/solana-proposal-routes-validator-pay-through-on-chain-contra
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Solana Research Forum](https://forum.solana.com/t/steak-proposal-a-solana-proposal-for-memecoins/4937)

A proposal on Solana's research forum describes Steak, a custom staker deployed on the network's mainnet that routes validator revenue through an on-chain distribution contract rather than the identity hot wallet validators typically use. I…

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