Tip (Jito)

A SOL payment made by a searcher to a Jito tip account as part of a bundle submission, used to compensate the leader validator for including the bundle at a preferred position in the block. Tips flow to Jito's on-chain tip distribution program, which redistributes a portion to staked validators (including delegators) proportional to their stake weight, aligning validator incentives with MEV facilitation. Tips are separate from and in addition to standard transaction priority fees.