Solana Staking in the Browser: Comparing dApp Connectivity with a Dedicated Wallet Extension

You are on a familiar Solana staking page in your browser. The validator looks acceptable, the wallet balance is visible, and the instruction appears simple: connect, review, approve. Yet the important decision is not merely which validator to choose. It is whether the wallet connection you are using gives you enough control over what the decentralized application, or dApp, is asking you to sign. For US users, browser-based staking can be convenient and fast, but convenience does not remove the […]