Validator & Staking Overview
Educational session on consensus participation, reward mechanics, and how to read validator performance data.
Overview
Validators secure the Solana network by processing transactions and maintaining ledger state. Staking delegates voting power and shares rewards. This session explains those mechanics without urging you to stake or naming a preferred operator.
What you will learn
- How Proof of Stake applies to Solana specifically
- What staking rewards represent and how they fluctuate
- Reading validator dashboards: uptime, commission, stake concentration
- Liquid staking tokens and their trade-offs
- Questions to ask before delegating stake
Deliverables
Session slides and a reference sheet linking to public validator data sources we use in our own research.