> ## Documentation Index
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# Validators

> Glossary of terms found under /validators

<ParamField path="borProposalDuties" type="number">
  The number of block proposal duties a validator assigned in the Bor chain (i.e. chain where Polygon PoS end-user transactions are processed).
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="borProposalRate" type="decimal">
  The percentage of Bor proposal duties across by a validator that were successful.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="borProposals" type="number">
  The number of Bor blocks successfully proposed by a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointProposalDuties" type="number">
  The number of checkpoint proposal duties assigned to a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointProposalRate" type="decimal">
  The percentage of checkpoint proposal duties by a validator that were successful.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointProposalRewards" type="decimal">
  The rewards received by a validator from the protocol for their successful checkpoint proposals.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointProposals" type="number">
  The number of checkpoints successfully proposed by a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointSignatureDuties" type="number">
  The number of checkpoint signing duties a validator has been assigned. Said differently, this the number of checkpoints a validator is tasked to attest to.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointSignatureRewards" type="decimal">
  The rewards from successfully signing checkpoints.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointSignatures" type="number">
  The number of checkpoints successfully signed/attested to by a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="checkpointSigningRate" type="decimal">
  The percentage of [checkpointSignatureDuties](#checkpointSignatureDuties) wherein a validator was able to successfully attest to/sign a checkpoint.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="commissionRate" type="decimal">
  The rate charged by validators to entities that have delegated their stake to them. This is applied to the delegators' share of the commissionSignatureRewards]\(#commissionSignatureRewards).
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="delegatedStake" type="decimal">
  The amount of stake delegated to a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="delegatorCount" type="number">
  The number of delegators that have delegated their stake to a validator.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="delegatorRewards" type="decimal">
  The rewards received by the delegator/s who have delegated their stake to this validator from checkpoint signings. For more information, see here.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="distributedRewards" type="decimal">
  These are the rewards that a validator distributes to its delegators before taking commissions.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="effectiveness" type="decimal">
  The aggregate validator effectiveness over the requested time period, that applies to said validator. Read more about the methodology here.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="mevRewards" type="decimal">
  The rewards received by this validator due to MEV (maximum extractable value). This is from data mainly sourced from [Fastlane](https://www.fastlane.finance/) and Marlin.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="missedCheckpointProposalRewards" type="decimal">
  These are the rewards a validator missed out on (i.e. opportunity cost) from missing their checkpoint proposal duties.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="missedCheckpointSignatureRewards" type="decimal">
  These are the checkpoint signing rewards missed (i.e. opportunity cost) from failing to sign checkpoints.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="missedCommissionRewards" type="decimal">
  These are the commissions a validator missed out on from missing checkpoint signing duties.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="missedDelegatorRewards" type="decimal">
  These are the rewards a validator's delegators missed out on due to the validator's failure to sign checkpoints.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="missedDistributedRewards" type="decimal">
  Similar to [missedDelegatorRewards](#missedDelegatorRewards) but also includes the commissions a validator missed out on.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="missedSelfSigningRewards" type="decimal">
  The rewards a validator missed out on from failing to sign checkpoints. These are checkpoint signing rewards a validator was supposedly entitled to based on the stake they have staked themselves ([selfStake](#selfStake)).
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="priorityFees" type="decimal">
  The transaction priority fees received by validators from proposing blocks on the Bor chain.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="selfSigningRewards" type="decimal">
  These are rewards from checkpoint signing that a validator is entitled to based on their [selfStake](#selfStake).
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="selfStake" type="decimal">
  The amount of POL that was staked by the validator itself.
</ParamField>

<ParamField path="totalStake" type="decimal">
  This is the amount of POL staked with this validator. This is a combination of the amount a validator has staked themselves and the stake delegated to them.
</ParamField>