Luganodes Ethereum Validator Report – August 2025

1. Introduction

Ethereum staking stayed strong in August, with steady participation across the network and validators supporting decentralization and security. As one of Ethereum’s trusted validator partners, Luganodes is committed to delivering secure, consistent, and risk-adjusted performance for its delegators.

This report outlines Luganodes’ validator performance and staking rewards for August 2025.

2. August Highlights

• Active Stake till date: 161,472 ETH

• Validator Participation Rate: 100% (vs network average of 99.74%)

• Average APR: 2.99%

• Total Rewards Earned: 396.946 ETH

• Consensus Layer Rewards Earned: 366.7447 ETH

• Execution Layer Priority Fees Earned: 23.6359 ETH

• Baseline MEV Collected: 6.5655 ETH

• Block Rewards Missed: 0 ETH

• Total Rewards Missed: 0 ETH

• Slashing Events: 0

3. Total Rewards Earned

Luganodes validators earned a combined 396.946 ETH in August.

• Consensus Layer Rewards (CL): 366.7447 ETH (~92% of total rewards)

• Execution Layer Rewards (EL): 30.2014 ETH (~8% of total rewards), which includes:

• Priority Fees: 23.6359 ETH

• Baseline MEV: 6.5655 ETH

This split highlights the relative stability of CL rewards compared to the variability of EL rewards, which are influenced by block proposals, transaction fees, and MEV opportunities.

4. Validator APR

Average validator APR for August stood at 2.99%.

• The majority of this yield was generated from consensus activity.

• EL rewards and MEV provided an incremental boost, though with higher variability.

APR trends are expected to fluctuate in line with validator set size, blockspace demand, and MEV opportunities.

5. Validator Performance

Participation Rate: Luganodes maintained a 100% participation rate, outperforming the network average of 99.74%. This reflects robust uptime and stable validator operations.

Uptime & Stability: Redundant infrastructure and active monitoring ensured zero downtime across all validators during the month.

Slashing: Luganodes recorded 0 slashing incidents, continuing our track record of safety and reliability.

6. Rewards Breakdown

Consensus Layer (CL):

Earned 366.74 ETH, driven by validator attestations and committee participation.

Execution Layer (EL):

Earned 30.20 ETH through priority fees and MEV. The variability of these rewards reflects the “luck factor” of block proposals and network demand.

Missed Rewards:

0 ETH missed in August.

7. Risk-Adjusted Rewards

Maximizing staking returns is not only about raw yield but also about risk control. Luganodes prioritizes:

• Slashing avoidance via “safety-over-liveness” engineering

• Optimized MEV-Boost relay strategies

• Commit-Boost capture

• Multi-client operations and latency optimization

This ensures rewards are delivered consistently without exposing delegators to unnecessary risks.

8. Commit-Boost

In August, we continued to see the benefits of switching to Commit-Boost, which gave us greater control over per-validator relay routing and strengthened resilience. Our proposal, attestation, and sync performance remained strong, with fewer dips.

Our RAVER effectiveness rating reflected this stability at 98.6%–99.09%, a metric that tracks validator duties and benchmarks them against peers.

9. Institutional Staking with Luganodes

Luganodes offers a non-custodial staking platform built for institutions, custodians, and large holders. Key features include:

• Advanced dashboards and real-time metrics

• API integrations for portfolio and reward tracking

• Detailed rewards reports

• Competitive pricing with enterprise-grade support

10. Conclusion

August reinforced Luganodes’ position as a reliable and performance-focused Ethereum validator, with 100% participation vs 99.74% network average, zero missed rewards, and zero slashing events.

Luganodes continues to support Ethereum’s decentralization while delivering optimized and risk-adjusted returns for its partners.

👉 To learn more about staking ETH with Luganodes, e-mail us at @[email protected].

About Luganodes

Luganodes is a world-class, Swiss-operated, non-custodial blockchain infrastructure provider that has rapidly gained recognition in the industry for offering institutional-grade services. It was born out of the Lugano Plan B Program, an initiative driven by Tether and the City of Lugano. Luganodes maintains an exceptional 99.9% uptime with round-the-clock monitoring by SRE experts. With support for 45+ PoS networks, it ranks among the top validators on Polygon, Polkadot, Sui, and Tron. Luganodes prioritizes security and compliance, holding the distinction of being one of the first staking providers to adhere to all SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and ISO 27001 standards as well as offering Chainproof insurance to institutional clients.

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