shMonad uses liquid staking, MEV capture, and policy vaults on the Monad blockchain. Users stake MON and receive shMON, a liquid token representing their staked position. shMON can be traded, transferred, or committed into policy vaults while MON remains staked.
Security relies on Monad’s underlying validator set and shMonad’s non-custodial liquid staking design. Policy vaults isolate commitments per protocol, reducing cross-risk and preserving availability for asynchronous execution. Users keep liquidity via shMON while benefiting from protocol-level security assumptions without reported fund losses.
First, connect a Monad-compatible wallet and select the amount of MON to stake. Next, stake MON to receive shMON, retaining liquidity for trading or DeFi integrations. Finally, commit shMON into chosen policy vaults aligned with desired dApps and participation policies.
shMonad offers liquid staking, policy vault commitments, and MEV-enhanced staking yield on Monad. Users gain staking rewards while using shMON across DeFi, maintaining capital efficiency and flexibility. They can pre-allocate shMON into specific policy vaults to support targeted dApps and execution needs.
