💰 Validator Rewards & Slashing Penalties
Earn staking rewards or lose funds for malicious behavior
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Validators earn rewards for honest participation and face penalties for poor performance or malicious behavior. Understanding the economics is key to successful validation.
Reward Sources
Attestation Rewards
~0.0001 ETH
Earned for each correct attestation (once per epoch per validator)
~225 per day
Block Proposal
~0.05 ETH
Bonus for proposing blocks (includes MEV and priority fees)
~1 every 2 months
Sync Committee
~0.11 ETH
Extra rewards for sync committee participation
~27 hours duration
MEV (Maximal Extractable Value)
Variable
Additional profits from transaction ordering (can be substantial)
When proposing
📊 Interactive: Performance Scenarios
Compare different validator performance levels:
Optimal Performance
Near-perfect uptime, all duties performed correctly
Daily Breakdown:
Annual Projections:
Annual Return
+6.2%
Total Earned
+0.80 ETH
≈ $1,525.7
🎚️ Interactive: Uptime Impact Calculator
Adjust uptime to see how it affects your returns:
Daily Net Reward
0.0016 ETH
≈ $3.01
Annual APR
1.81%
0.58 ETH/year
Daily Penalties
-0.00000 ETH
-$0/year
Insight: Excellent uptime! Maximizing rewards.
Slashable Offenses
Double Proposal
Proposing two different blocks for the same slot
Penalty: 0.5-1 ETH + exit
Double Attestation
Submitting two conflicting attestations for same epoch
Penalty: 0.5-1 ETH + exit
Surround Vote
Attestation contradicts previous finality vote (long-range attack)
Penalty: Up to 16 ETH
Maximizing Returns
- •99%+ Uptime: Minimize missed attestations and proposals
- •MEV Boost: Use MEV-boost to capture additional value from transaction ordering
- •Fast Attestations: Submit attestations quickly for inclusion rewards
- •Redundancy: Use failover systems to prevent downtime from affecting rewards