Validators

Somnia is proof of stake. Validators stake SOMI, take turns in each epoch's committee, and can be slashed for malicious behaviour. SOMI holders who do not run a validator can delegate their stake to one and share its rewards.

In the explorer

The Validators page in the Somnia Explorer shows, for the selected chain:

• This epoch's committee, read from the chain's committee contract.
• Every named validator still staked, with its stake and how much of that is delegated, read from the staking contract.
• The delegation rate: the share of rewards on delegated stake that a validator pays to its delegators.

The testnet explorer shows the same for the Global testnet at explorer.testnet.somnia.network/validators.

Staking and delegating

Stake and delegation are managed on the staking site: staking.somnia.network for mainnet and staking.testnet.somnia.network for the testnet. How staking, delegation, rewards and slashing work is in Token staking and delegation.

Running a validator

Validator onboarding is run by the Somnia team. Node security guidance is in Node infrastructure security.