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# 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.
***
## Selection Criteria
Consistent uptime and reliability track record
High block production and attestation rates
Significant TVS demonstrating trust
Zero or minimal slashing incidents
***
## 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 |
***
## Accessing Preferred Validators via API
### Get All Preferred Validators
```bash theme={null}
GET /v1/yields/validators?preferredValidatorsOnly=true
```
### Get Preferred Validators for a Yield
```bash theme={null}
GET /v1/yields/{yieldId}/validators?preferred=true
```
### Example Request
```bash cURL theme={null}
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'
```
```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
const response = await fetch(
'https://api.yield.xyz/v1/yields/tron-trx-native-staking/validators?preferred=true',
{
headers: {
'x-api-key': process.env.YIELD_API_KEY,
},
}
);
const { items } = await response.json();
```
### Example Response
```json theme={null}
{
"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": []
}
}
]
}
```
***
## 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 |
***
## Next Steps
Deploy branded validator nodes
Integrate existing infrastructure