feat: add community staking template with Anchor and Next.js frontend

[satyawaniaman]

Demo

staking-walkthrough.mp4

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Summary

Adds a new community/staking template for pnpm create solana-dapp --template staking.

This template provides a complete reference implementation of a Solana staking dApp including:

• an Anchor staking program with initialize, stake, unstake, claim, and add_rewards
• a Next.js + Tailwind + TypeScript frontend for staking, unstaking, claiming rewards, and viewing pool/user statistics
• synced frontend IDL/types generated from the Anchor program
• helper scripts for common setup tasks:
  • program ID synchronization
  • staking pool initialization
  • reward pool funding
• README documentation covering architecture, deployment steps, reward calculation logic, security considerations, and troubleshooting

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Validation

I verified the template locally with:

cd community/staking
anchor test
pnpm lint

cd app
pnpm lint
pnpm build

All checks completed successfully.

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Manual Devnet Verification

I also validated the full workflow on devnet:

• deploy program to devnet
• create mint
• initialize staking pool
• fund reward pool
• connect wallet in frontend
• mint test tokens
• stake tokens
• claim rewards
• unstake tokens

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Notes

• The frontend defaults to devnet via app/.env.local
• sync-program-id.js keeps the program ID aligned across Rust, Anchor config, and frontend types/env
• initialize-pool.js creates the staking PDAs
• add-rewards.js funds the reward pool and sets the emission rate

[satyawaniaman]

@cxalem gentle ping for visibility, thanks.

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[satyawaniaman]

@cxalem Hi! just checking if there are any updates on this PR. Thanks!

[satyawaniaman]

@catmcgee @cxalem @GuiBibeau @jacobcreech
Just checking in, it’s been about two weeks. Could you share any updates when you get a chance? Thanks!

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