# Aero

> Ecosystem Contributor Stake Pool

Aero creates a liquid staking pool on Solana that delegates stake to ecosystem contributors and public goods.

Aero operates a Solana liquid staking protocol that distributes stake to validators contributing to the ecosystem rather than optimizing solely for APY. The platform allocates funds across validators based on their contributions to infrastructure, development, education, and public goods. This approach aims to support ecosystem growth and decentralization through targeted delegation strategies.

- Type: Project
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-08-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/aeropool_io

## Products

- [AeroPool](https://thegrid.id/profiles/aeropool_io): AeroPool is a liquid staking pool that delegates stake to emerging Solana validators through a tiered strategy. Users stake SOL and receive AeroSOL tokens while supporting ecosystem contributors and validator decentralization. (Liquid Staking, Live, Main Product)

## Assets

- [aeroSOL (aeroSOL)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/aeropool_io): aeroSOL is a liquid staking token representing staked SOL on AeroPool. It is used to earn staking rewards while maintaining liquidity for use in DeFi applications on Solana. The pool delegates stake to emerging validators and ecosystem contributors rather than optimizing solely for APY, directing capital toward projects building infrastructure, development tools, and public goods to support network decentralization. (Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs))

## Links

- [Main](https://www.aeropool.io)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.aeropool.io/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.aeropool.io/terms-of-service)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/AeroPool_)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/phaselabscrypto)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/phase-labs)

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