Preferred Validator Network

Curated registry of institutional-grade validators with SLA guarantees

Overview

The Preferred Validator Network (PVN) is Yield.xyz’s curated registry of top institutional-grade validators in the ecosystem. It provides clients and integrators with trusted, pre-vetted validator options across supported blockchain networks, ensuring maximum reliability, performance, and monetization of staking integrations.

Validators in the PVN are selected based on strict operational and performance criteria and adhere to uniform Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with uptime guarantees and slashing protection.

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Selection Criteria

Historical uptime

Consistent uptime and reliability track record

Performance

High block production and attestation rates

Total value staked

Significant TVS demonstrating trust

Slashing history

Zero or minimal slashing incidents

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Validators in PVN

Validator	Networks
Blockdaemon	Cosmos, Cronos, Polygon, Solana
Blockshard	Tezos
Bware Labs	Axelar, Celestia, Injective, Polygon, Zetachain
Chainflow	Agoric, Cosmos, Osmosis, Polygon, Quicksilver, Regen, Solana, Stargaze
Chorus One	Agoric, Akash, Axelar, Band, Celo, Cosmos, Dydx, Ethereum, Injective, Kava, Near, Osmosis, Polygon, Sei, Solana, Stargaze, Tezos
Coinbase Cloud	Axelar, Cardano, Celo, Cosmos, Near, Osmosis, Polkadot, Polygon, Solana
Crosnest	Axelar, Chihuahua, Comdex, Cosmos, Cronos, Dydx, Dymension, Fetch, Gravity, Injective, Juno, Kava, Mars, Osmosis, Persistence, Quicksilver, Secret, Sei, Stargaze, Teritori
Everstake	Cardano, Celestia, CoreDAO, Cosmos, Ethereum, Injective, Kava, Near, Osmosis, Polygon, Sei, Solana, Tezos
Figment	Agoric, Axelar, Band, BNB, Celestia, Celo, Cosmos, CoreDAO, Dydx, Ethereum, Injective, Near, Osmosis, Polygon, Sei, Solana, The Graph
InfStones	Agoric, Band, BNB, Cardano, Comdex, CoreDAO, Cosmos, Dydx, Ethereum, Fetch, Harmony, Humansai, Polygon, Solana, Tron, Zetachain
Kiln	Cardano, Cosmos, Cronos, CoreDAO, Dydx, Harmony, Injective, Kava, Mantra, Near, Polygon, Solana, Tron
Luganodes	Cardano, Dydx, Ethereum, Kava, Kusama, Near, Polkadot, Polygon, Saga, Solana, Tron
Meria	Akash, Axelar, Band, Cosmos, Cudos, Dydx, Dymension, Fetch, Humansai, Irisnet, Juno, Kava, Ki, Near, Osmosis, Persistence, Polkadot, Polygon, Quicksilver, Solana, Sommelier
Nodes.Guru	Agoric, Band, Desmos, Dydx, Dymension, Gravity, Humansai, Juno, Persistence, Quicksilver, Sei, Solana, Teritori, Umee
P2P	Ethereum
P-Ops	Agoric, Avalanche, Axelar, Dymension, Harmony, Solana, The Graph, Umee
Pier Two	Near, Polygon, Solana
RockX	Near, Persistence, Polkadot, Solana, Viction
StakeLab	Akash, Band, Bitsong, Chihuahua, Comdex, Coreum, Cosmos, Crescent, Desmos, Fetch, Humansai, Juno, Kava, Mantra, Mars, Osmosis, Persistence, Quicksilver, Secret, Sentinel, Sommelier, Stargaze, Teritori, Umee, Zetachain
Stakin	Akash, Axelar, Celestia, Cosmos, Cronos, Kava, Near, Polygon, Saga, Sei, Solana, ZetaChain
Staking Facilities	Celestia, Solana
Staking4All	Cudos, Dymension, Harmony, Humansai, Kava, Near, Persistence, Polygon, Tron
Yuma	Bittensor

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Accessing Preferred Validators via API

Get All Preferred Validators

GET /v1/yields/validators?preferredValidatorsOnly=true

Get Preferred Validators for a Yield

GET /v1/yields/{yieldId}/validators?preferred=true

Example Request

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.yield.xyz/v1/yields/tron-trx-native-staking/validators?offset=0&limit=100&preferred=true' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Example Response

{
  "items": [
    {
      "address": "TGyrSc9ZmTdbYziuk1SKEmdtCdETafewJ9",
      "preferred": true,
      "name": "Luganodes",
      "logoURI": "https://assets.stakek.it/validators/luganodes.png",
      "website": "https://luganodes.com/",
      "commission": 0.05,
      "votingPower": 0.0335790605725797,
      "status": "active",
      "providerId": "9ef6235e-b039-4619-8307-c675d374ef8c",
      "tvl": "1410235950",
      "rewardRate": {
        "total": 0.03254183,
        "rateType": "APR",
        "components": []
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Validator Metadata

Field	Type	Description
address	string	Validator’s on-chain address (used for delegating)
preferred	boolean	true if member of Preferred Validator Network
name	string	Human-readable validator name
logoURI	string	Direct link to validator’s logo image
website	string	Validator’s official website
commission	number	Commission rate as decimal (e.g., 0.05 = 5%)
votingPower	number	Validator’s share of total active stake (0-1)
status	string	Operational status: active, inactive, or jailed
providerId	UUID	Internal ID for the validator
tvl	string	Total value locked in native units
rewardRate.total	number	Current yield rate (includes commission impact)
rewardRate.rateType	string	APR (manual claim) or APY (auto-compound)
rewardRate.components	array	Breakdown of reward rate components
nominatorCount	number	Number of delegators

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Next Steps

Whitelabel Validators

Deploy branded validator nodes

Bring Your Own Node

Integrate existing infrastructure