# Validator reward

The `ValidatorReward` entity offers a normalized representation of the Casper Network [Reward](https://docs.casper.network/concepts/glossary/R/#reward) received by a [Validator](/1.3.x/rest-api/validator.md) for a specific era.

## Properties

The `ValidatorReward` entity has the following properties:

| Property     | Type         | Description                                                                                  |
| ------------ | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `public_key` | `string(64)` | Public key of the validator represented as a hexadecimal string. Unique validator identifier |
| `era_id`     | `uint32`     | Era identifier                                                                               |
| `amount`     | `uint64`     | Amount of the reward received by the validator                                               |
| `timestamp`  | `datetime`   | Timestamp indicating when the last block in the era was proposed                             |

**Example**

```json
{
  "public_key": "0106ca7c39cd272dbf21a86eeb3b36b7c26e2e9b94af64292419f7862936bca2ca",
  "era_id": 1,
  "amount": "1000000000000",
  "timestamp": "2023-01-01T12:00:00Z"
}
```

## Optional properties

Depending on the endpoint, the following optional properties may be included in the `ValidatorReward` entity:

| Property | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `rate`   | `float32` | The rate that was relevant at the moment when the last block was proposed. To get more details see [Including CSPR rates](/1.3.x/documentation/highlights/including-cspr-rates.md) . |

## Relations

The `ValidatorReward` entity has the following relations with other entities:

| Entity                                      | Mapping property | Description                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`Validator`](/1.3.x/rest-api/validator.md) | `public_key`     | Validators receive rewards for participating in the consensus process. |

## Endpoints

The `ValidatorReward` entity has the following endpoints:

* [Get validator rewards](/1.3.x/rest-api/validator-reward/get-validator-rewards.md)
* [Get validator total rewards](/1.3.x/rest-api/validator-reward/get-validator-total-rewards.md)

## Relation endpoints

The `ValidatorReward` entity has the following relation endpoints:

* [Get total validator delegators' rewards](https://github.com/make-software/casper-middleware/blob/documentation-1.3.x/docs/public/rest-api/delegator-reward/get-validator-total-delegator-rewards.md)


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