Tramplin's premium bonds-inspired staking is now live in Gate Wallet. 49 million users can stake SOL with probabilistic reward redistribution—starting at just 1 SOL.
Tramplin Premium Staking Now Live in Gate Wallet for 49M Users
Gate Wallet added Tramplin's premium staking solution to its platform, giving 49 million users direct access to a different kind of Solana staking experience. Instead of proportional reward distribution, Tramplin pools staking yields and redistributes them probabilistically. That creates the possibility of outsized payouts for small holders rather than predictable dust accumulation every epoch.
The integration lives inside Gate Wallet's dApp section, which means users don't need to leave the app or transfer funds elsewhere. Minimum stake is 1 SOL. Custody stays with the user. The staking happens natively within Solana's framework—delegation goes directly to a validator node, no smart contract intermediaries.
That last part matters because smart contract risk has been a recurring issue in DeFi. Tramplin avoids it entirely by operating at the protocol level. Users stake through standard Solana stake accounts. If Tramplin's interface went offline, the staking activity would still be recorded on-chain and accessible through any compatible wallet.
The model itself is borrowed from premium bonds, a savings product that's been used in the UK and other markets for decades. Instead of paying interest evenly to all participants, premium bonds pool the interest and distribute it through a lottery system. Most participants get nothing in a given period, but some win large payouts. The expected return is still equivalent to the baseline interest rate, but the experience feels different.
Tramplin applies that structure to Solana staking. Standard staking yields roughly 6-7% APY, distributed every epoch. For someone holding 1,000 SOL, that's meaningful income. For someone holding 10 SOL, it's a few dollars per month. The absolute return is the same percentage-wise, but psychologically, earning $3 doesn't create the same sense of progress as earning $300.
That psychological gap pushes small holders into two extremes: doing nothing or chasing high-risk yield strategies. Tramplin's team analyzed on-chain data using Dune and found roughly 2 million Solana wallets holding between 1 and 100 SOL that remain undelegated. That's idle capital sitting in wallets, earning nothing, likely because the staking yield doesn't feel impactful enough to justify the effort.
Tramplin's redistribution model changes the incentive structure. Instead of earning small amounts consistently, users have the chance to receive larger payouts periodically. The expected value is still roughly equivalent to standard staking returns over time, but the experience is gamified in a way that makes participation feel more engaging.
The randomness is generated using Verifiable Random Functions, which are cryptographically provable and transparent. The reward distribution is tracked through Merkle trees, so anyone can verify that the process is fair. That transparency is critical because probabilistic systems can easily be gamed if the randomness isn't genuinely random.
Tramplin launched publicly on February 4, 2026, backed by iTreasury Ventures, an early investor in Solana, Polkadot, and other blockchain infrastructure projects. The platform was audited by MixBytes, with results published on GitHub. During its test phase, the team observed periods of elevated effective APY for small stakers, driven by initial committed stake and redistribution dynamics.
The Gate Wallet integration extends that access to a massive user base. Gate is one of the largest crypto wallets globally, with over 49 million users. Most of those users are retail participants—the exact demographic Tramplin is designed to serve.
What's interesting about this integration is the timing. Solana's ecosystem has been growing rapidly, but a lot of the activity has been concentrated in memecoins, NFTs, and high-risk trading. Staking has been relatively overlooked by smaller holders despite being one of the safest ways to earn yield in crypto.
Part of the problem is that staking infrastructure hasn't been optimized for retail. Validators require technical knowledge to run. Liquid staking tokens introduce smart contract risk. Traditional staking doesn't offer enough upside for small holders to feel motivated. Tramplin addresses that gap by making staking feel rewarding without compromising capital safety.
Gate Wallet's integration also removes friction. Users don't need to download a separate app, create a new account, or move funds to a different platform. They open Gate Wallet, navigate to the dApp section, select Tramplin, and stake. The entire process takes a few minutes.
The broader question is whether randomized reward redistribution will resonate with users. Premium bonds have worked in traditional finance because they're backed by governments and offer guaranteed principal protection. Crypto doesn't have that safety net. Even though Tramplin uses native staking—which is as safe as you can get in Solana—users still face market risk. If SOL's price drops, the value of their staked assets drops too, regardless of how rewards are distributed.
But for users who were going to hold SOL anyway, Tramplin offers a way to earn yield without taking on additional risk. The probabilistic structure doesn't change the expected return—it just changes the distribution pattern. Over time, the average payout should converge to what users would have earned through standard staking. The difference is purely experiential.
Whether that's enough to bring 2 million undelegated wallets into the staking ecosystem remains to be seen. But the integration with Gate Wallet gives Tramplin a distribution channel that reaches tens of millions of users, most of whom fit the exact profile the platform is targeting: small holders who want exposure to yield but find traditional staking unrewarding.