Stader’s Validator Selection Criteria for $MATICX

V1 of Stader’s liquid staking solution for $MATIC holders is live.

And to cater to our mission of promoting decentralization of the Polygon chain, we are excited to share with you a scrutinized list of validators that have made it to our liquid staking pool set.

The Selection Criteria

To provide the best staking experience to our stakers, we follow strict criteria to examine validators before listing them on our platform.

Here’s what we ensure:

• The validators should have 100% of their last 200 checkpoints signed and over 98% signed from the past 90 days. Put simply, a validator should have near-100% uptime to ensure best returns for stakers and minimize slashing.
• To support the decentralization of validator nodes, a validator must not have more than 1% of $MATIC in circulation staked with them.
• Regarding any validator, the feedback from the community or the foundation is considered paramount.

List of $MATIC Validators on Stader

Below are the validators that will soon be added to Stader based on the above criteria:

1. EMC2 Node
2. Rasputin
3. kytzu
4. ANON LowFee
5. pathrocknetwork
6. Blue Ocean
7. Ownest
8. PERFECT STAKE
9. Sakura Foundation
10. VC Capital
11. FAHRENHEIT 0%
12. The Abyss (0% commission)
13. Supermoon
14. Anonymous 112
15. Prometheus Pool
16. StakePool
17. Abyss Finance 🔥 0% fee
18. Anonymous 93

Do you have any suggestions on how we can further improve our validator evaluation process? Feel free to drop your feedback on our Telegram community.