Thousand Validators Programme
The Thousand Validators Programme is an initiative by Web3 Foundation and Parity Technologies to use the funds held by both organizations to nominate validators in the community.
It serves two major purposes: 1) to give validators a structured on-ramp to join the active set of validators on Kusama and Polkadot and 2) to further decentralize the validator active set.
How it Works
The nominating backend will routinely change its nominations at every era (or every 4 eras on Kusama). It will nominate validators which fit all the requirements and are eligbile. Of this pool, it will nominate as many as possible although some validators which are eligible might not receive nominations every round (due to the constraint of nominating a maximum of 16 validators per nominator). If a validator is active during a single nomination period (the time after a new nomination and before the next one) and does not break any of the requirements, it will have its rank increased by 1. Validators with higher rank have performed well within the programme for a longer period of time.
Setting up a Validator
Please see the wiki page for setting up a validator as well as additional information on making your validator secure.
How to Apply
Kusama
In order to apply to the Kusama programme, set up your node to adhere to the requirements below and fill in the application form. You will hear back from the team shortly.
Requirements
- Verified identity (see here for instructions)
- Connect to dedicated telemetry (use
--telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry-backend.w3f.community/submit 1'
when starting the node) - Minimum of 50 KSM self-stake
- No more than 10% commission
- Separate controller and stash (or have a Staking proxy set up)
- Must be on latest release
- Max two nodes (under same sub/super identity)
Leaderboard
The leaderboard is available at https://thousand-validators.kusama.network/#/leaderboard.
Nominators
The below addresses are the stash / controller pairs for the nominators involved in the Kusama Thousand Validators programme. They are formatted like "stash
/ controller
".
G1rrUNQSk7CjjEmLSGcpNu72tVtyzbWdUvgmSer9eBitXWf
/H9BFvNPTqDEmWZ63M82ohrFmvEFASm25ErUMzmXDrbAr1kq
HgTtJusFEn2gmMmB5wmJDnMRXKD6dzqCpNR7a99kkQ7BNvX
/H4UgNEEN92YXz96AyQgwkJQSpXGdptYLkj9jXVKrNXjQHRJ
EX9uchmfeSqKTM7cMMg8DkH49XV8i4R7a7rqCn8btpZBHDP
/H54GA3nq3xeNrdbHkepAufSPMjaCxxkmfej4PosqD84bY3V
H4635Bjj3X7TjnQhd55p9DyFPK39JiRypmCnsDhS3NHSMS5
/CeB8SLnJivXRtC5PgXchrece8j3TBQRaqfGqHngvhD3LRHD
Hs94zeHrSUWG1VBzsvHPxR2VRN5mq1Rib1PEfjH7wkGzv2Z
/HCbe2ZFujLNYsrKGub8XKGJuky3LTAF6NhWnRTs6NyDaVkQ
CdWjVn5J9ct4D3yK8HbwXmmGyLcxjkDitaBLxwH5g5Vh7pi
/Dicn4AxJRsnJ6sRsYPNZvC3xrRhvNBanfPP79haVL7ywyPn
HxRmQTVrMxMkhyZquYLu2hSL1QDYvVwSpDfBHvVJhEMVzRj
/CbFFE91fYzkKsuFjSjfQrc7Bz2bbM9vYcQgzijxHd4LtoKw
FJbKWFGCfZFZiNQtAZ5uqbUhKeB3P3a6RVRw6GqTbgiqtem
/Gt2p2gZHPvHCvPUuT2BKaeAAADPgVEa9eXMQBn74RwMa6mX
A time delay proxy is used as the interaction method for some of these accounts.
Since approximately early January 2021, the nominators will select an automatic number of validators to nominate based on the lowest amount staked for a validator and the amount of funds it holds. This can be anywhere from a few validators receiving nomination from a single nominator to the max of 16.
Polkadot
Note: Entrance to the Polkadot programme requires a rank of 25 or higher in the Kusama programme. This usually takes about a month.
In order to apply to the Polkadot programme, set up your node to adhere to the requirements below and fill in the application form. You will hear back from the team shortly.
Requirements
- Verified identity (see here for instructions)
- Connect to dedicated Telemetry (use
--telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry-backend.w3f.community/submit 1'
when starting the node) - Rank 25 or higher on Kusama Thousand Validators Programme
- Mininmum of 10K DOTs self stake (exceptions by approval for good intentions)
- Reward destination 'Staked'
- No more than 3% commission
- Separate stash and controller (or have a Staking proxy set up)
- Must be on latest release
Nominators
The below addresses are the stash / controller pairs for the nominators involved in the Polkadot Thousand Validators programme. They are formatted like "stash
/ controller
".
14Ns6kKbCoka3MS4Hn6b7oRw9fFejG8RH5rq5j63cWUfpPDJ
/16XJHQ58dEPnZn5J5YqmRcJmKtvVFFMoMrXgj6fWJfeGGkQw
12RYJb5gG4hfoWPK3owEYtmWoko8G6zwYpvDYTyXFVSfJr8Y
/13GLXK1TZKKDM9aRBBK3VYZymHjKChtQjJznsRqaR9dwwrQU
16GMHo9HZv8CcJy4WLoMaU9qusgzx2wxKDLbXStEBvt5274B
/16eM1npMwKzpGy48NDna1jC6P71S783wjpbdeKT8RgzQx8Jd
A time delay proxy is used as the main interaction method for all of these accounts.
Since approximately early January 2021, the nominators will select an automatic number of validators to nominate based on the lowest amount staked for a validator and the amount of funds it holds. This can be anywhere from a few validators receiving nomination from a single nominator to the max of 16. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS-alI-J2wgIRCQVjQC7ZbFiTnf36hYBdmO-1ARMjKbC7H9w/viewform https://guide.kusama.network/docs/en/mirror-learn-identity#setting-an-identity