Validator

The Validator entity provides a normalized representation of the Casper Network Validator. It includes the extended information about its stakes, fee, shares etc.

Properties

The Validator entity has the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
rank	uint8	Projected validator rank based on total stake amount
era_id	uint32	Current era validator identifier
public_key	string(68)	Validator public key represented as a hexadecimal string
is_active	bool	Describes whether the validator is active or not
fee	float32	Percentage of the rewards the validator retains for its services
delegators_number	uint64	Number of delegators staked to validator
self_stake	uint64	Validator self-stake calculated as a sum of the bidder stake and the stakes of the affiliated accounts provided via the Casper Account Info Standard
delegators_stake	uint64	Cumulative stake of all delegators
total_stake	uint64	Total validator stake. The sum of the self-stake and the delegator stakes
self_share	float32	Percentage of the validator's self-stake to its total stake
network_share	float32	Percentage of the validator's total stake to the total amount staked on the network

Example

{
  "delegators_number": 327,
  "delegators_stake": 514860723339425900,
  "era_id": 12099,
  "fee": 15,
  "is_active": true,
  "network_share": "6.16",
  "public_key": "018f84c6fc037284f189cc8cb49f89212ff434a5eb050e48cdd164ff3890fbff69",
  "rank": 1,
  "self_share": "0.3",
  "self_stake": 1524223078827207,
  "total_stake": 516384946418253100
}

Optional properties

Depending on the endpoint some of the following optional properties may be included in the Validator entity:

Property	Type	Description
account_info	AccountInfo	Account info of validator public key
average_performance	ValidatorPerformance	Validator average performance

Relations

Entity	Mapping property	Description
Account	public_key	Accounts can participate in the auction to become a validator
Bidder	public_key	Validators with active bids are bidders in the auction era
Block	era_id	Validators propose blocks
Delegation	delegators_stake	Accounts can delegate to validators to increase their stake
Validator rewards	public_key	Validators receive staking rewards for their services
Validator performance	public_key	Validators' participation is measured

Endpoints

The Validator entity has the following endpoints:

• Get validator

• Get validators

Relation endpoints

The Validator entity has the following relation endpoints:

• Get validator blocks

• Get validator delegations

• Get validator rewards

• Get validator total rewards

• Get validator total delegator rewards

• Get historical validator performance

• Get historical average validator performance