Validator metrics drill-down
Definitions of variables that appear in the Validator drill-down pages of the Rated Explorer.
Data freshness: The 1d view refreshes every 3,000 slots (~25 minutes). The rest of the views refresh on a daily basis.
Validators are entities responsible for creating new blocks and validating transactions on the blockchain. In Solana, validators can be mapped to various entities such as staking services, infrastructure providers, cryptocurrency exchanges, etc. In fact, given its permissionless nature, anyone can be a validator on Solana, ranging from knowledgeable hobbyists to enterprise teams.
At a glance
Definitions of the variables that appear on the horizontal bar at the top of the validator level pages of the Rated Network Explorer.
Total amount staked
The total amount of staked SOL that maps to this validator.
Network Penetration
This is the percentage distribution of stake that maps under any given validator. We calculate this as:
Delegator APY
This is the annual percentage yield earned by delegators staking with this validator, net of commissions. For more information, please refer to our documentation Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
Effectiveness Rating
The Rated model of validator performance for the Solana network. The colour coding in each of these values hints to the relative performance of the entity.
For more information on how this is computed and the methodology behind it, please refer to the Solana Validator Effectiveness Rating page. You can also learn more about how we rank for relative performance via Rating percentiles.
Effectiveness Breakdown
Definitions of the variables that appear on the "Effectiveness Breakdown" section of the validator level pages.
Voting Effectiveness
The number of correctly blocks voted on by a validator out of the total canonical blocks in the network, modulated (i.e. divided) by their voting latency.
Proposer Effectiveness
The number of blocks produced by this validator over the number of times they were selected as a leader (i.e. block proposer) in the network’s block production process.
Voting Latency
The average slot distance between where a validator’s vote transaction was included and the slot they were actually voting for.
Effectiveness Rating
The Rated model of validator performance for the Solana network.
For more information on how this is computed and the methodology behind it, please refer to the Solana Validator Effectiveness Rating page.
Stake Overview
Definitions of variables that appear in the "Stake Overview" section of the validator level pages. This does not change with the time window toggles.
Total number of delegators
The total number of delegators (stake accounts) that have staked with this particular validator.
Total amount delegated
The total amount of stake delegated to this validator.
Average delegated stake
The average delegated stake to this validator based on the number of stake accounts.
Commission Rate
The commission rate being charged by this validator to delegators. This is further separated into two: the commission rate specific to voting rewards and the one specific to MEV rewards through Jito.
Aggregate Rewards Statistics
Definitions of variables that appear in the "Aggregate rewards statistics" section of the validator level pages.
Voting Commissions
These are the rewards received by this validator through the commission it charges for voting rewards.
Block Production Fees
These are the fees received by this validator for producing blocks. This includes both base fees and priority fees by users.
Total Rewards
The sum of all rewards earned by this validator which consists of voting commissions, block production fees, and if applicable, MEV rewards through Jito.
Net Validator APY%
This is the annual percentage yield earned by the validator for the rewards that they get.
Block Production
Definitions of variables that appear in the "Block Production" section of the validator level pages.
Blocks Produced
The number of blocks produced by this validator.
Vote Only Blocks
The number of blocks produced by this validator that only contains vote transactions.
Block Proposal Miss Rate
The number of block production opportunities missed by this validator out of their total block production opportunities. This is also referred to as skip rate, meaning the rate at which this validator skipped (did not produce a block) out of the times it was assigned to be the block production leader.
Infrastructure Information
Hosting Provider
The service provider used by this validator to run its validator infrastructure.
City and Country
The geolocation of this validator’s node infrastructure.
Client
The validator client used by this validator.
Validator Info
Validator Identity
Also called the identity account
This is the account that is used to pay for all vote transaction fees by the validator
This is also the public key that is used to identify a validator node in the gossip network
Vote Account
The account required to operate a validator and is a special account owned by the native VoteProgram
This account is the best way to identify a validator as it cannot be changed
Delegated stake is also directed to a validator’s vote account
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