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Wed, 8 Mar, 2023 at 7:24 PM
A validator's status can be divided into three categories: active, inactive, and waiting. This article describes each of these statuses and what a nomi...
Tue, 14 Mar, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Validators can only pay out to 512 nominators per era. If more than 512 nominators nominate the same validator, it is "oversubscribed." Only the t...
Fri, 10 Mar, 2023 at 5:56 PM
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Fri, 10 Mar, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Slashing If a validator shows harmful behavior, a percentage of their bonded/staked tokens will get slashed as a penalty, meaning they will lose them. ...
Wed, 8 Mar, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Era An era is a period of time during which there is a specific set of active validators. Each era has 6 epochs (or sessions). During the last epoch, the a...
Tue, 28 Feb, 2023 at 9:50 AM
Although 250 DOT is needed to be able to nominate, not all accounts with more than 250 DOT staked will participate in the election and get staking rewards. ...
Tue, 28 Mar, 2023 at 1:48 PM
What do validators do? Validators have two crucial roles in maintaining the Polkadot network. First, they participate in consensus with other validators ...
Sat, 15 Oct, 2022 at 12:58 AM
During the unbonding period, you will not receive any staking rewards. You will receive, however, the staking rewards for the last era in which you unbond...
Mon, 13 Mar, 2023 at 12:03 PM
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