Validator requirements

Validator staking requirements

  • Bond: some UOMI tokens (not already defined)

  • Meet hardware requirements

If your node stops producing blocks for 1 session, your node will be kicked out of the active set and 1% of the bonded funds will be slashed. Running a node with low performance can lead to skipping blocks which may result in being kicked out of the active set.


System requirements

A validator can deploy its node on a local or remote server. You can choose your preferred provider for dedicated servers and operating system. Generally speaking, we recommand you to select a provider/server in your region, this will increase decentralization of the network. You can choose your preferred operating system, though we highly recommend Linux.

Hardware requirements

Use the charts below to find the basic configuration, which guarantees that all blocks can process in time. If the hardware doesn't meet these requirements, there is a high chance it will malfunction and you risk be automatically kicked out and slashed from the active set.

CAUTION

Make sure your server is a bare metal only dedicated to the validator node, any unnecessary other process running on it will significantly decrease the validator performance. We strongly discourage using a VPS to run a validator because of their low performances.

Validator are the nodes which require the most powerful and fast machine, because they only have a very short time frame to assemble and validate it. To run a validator, it is absolutely necessary to use a CPU of minimum 4 Ghz per core, a NVMe SSD disk (SATA SSD are not suitable for validator because they are too slow) and 2 x RTX 4090 (or similar)

Component
Min. requirement

System

Ubuntu 22.04

CPU

12 cores - minimum 4 Ghz per core

Memory

32 GB

Hard Disk

1 TB SSD NVMe

GPU

2 x RTX 4090

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