Read a validator profile
Every validator has a page of its own at /validator/<consensus address>, and you reach it by selecting a name in the list. No wallet is needed to read it.
The header
The logo, the name and the status, with the total staked and what share of the whole set that is. If the validator published a website it is linked here. Treat it as something the validator claims, not as something the chain verified.
The numbers
| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Commission | What the validator keeps of the rewards it earns for you, right now |
| Max Rate | The highest commission it is ever allowed to charge. Fixed when the validator was created |
| Max Change Rate | The most it can raise the commission in one step. Also fixed at creation |
| Validating Since | How long the validator has existed |
| Jailed Until | Only shown when it is jailed: when it comes out |
The two fixed rates are the ones worth reading before you delegate. A validator with a low commission today and a high maximum can raise the rate later; the maximum tells you how far that can go, and the change rate tells you how fast.
About this validator
The name, identity and description the operator wrote when registering. Free text, so it is a claim rather than a fact.
Addresses
The consensus address and the operator address, each with a copy button and a link to the block explorer. The consensus address is the one in the URL and the one the site identifies the validator by; the operator address is the wallet that runs it and receives its commission.
Reward History
A chart of the rewards this validator earned per day. A flat line at zero on a validator that is Active usually means it has only just joined; a gap in the middle of an otherwise busy chart is downtime, which is worth asking about.
Staking History
Every delegation and undelegation involving this validator, ten to a page: who, how much, when and the transaction. It is the honest version of a validator's story: steady inflow reads differently from one delegator holding most of the stake.
Delegating from here
The Delegate button opens the same form as the list does, with this validator already selected. See Delegate to a validator.