Ethereum Validator Report – September 2025

1. Introduction

Ethereum staking remained steady in September, with validators continuing to play a crucial role in securing the network and maintaining decentralization. As one of Ethereum’s trusted validator partners, Luganodes is committed to delivering consistent, secure, and risk-adjusted performance for its delegators.

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

2. September Highlights

Active Stake: 161,472 ETH

Validator Participation Rate: 100% (vs. network average of 99.75%)

Average APR: 2.87%

Total Rewards Earned: 380.158 ETH

Consensus Layer Rewards: 361.926 ETH

Execution Layer Rewards: 18.232 ETH (Priority Fees: 14.7735 ETH, Baseline MEV: 3.4584 ETH)

Block Rewards Missed: 0 ETH

Total Rewards Missed: 0 ETH

Slashing Events: 0

3. Total Rewards Earned

Luganodes validators earned a combined 380.158 ETH in September.

• Consensus Layer (CL): 361.926 ETH (~95% of total rewards)

• Execution Layer (EL): 18.232 ETH (~5% of total rewards), including:

• Priority Fees: 14.7735 ETH

• Baseline MEV: 3.4584 ETH

This breakdown once again highlights the stability of CL rewards compared to the variability of EL rewards, which are driven by block proposals, network demand, and MEV opportunities.

4. Validator APR

Average validator APR for September was 2.87%, slightly lower than August due to network reward dynamics.

• The majority of yield came from consensus activity.

• EL rewards and MEV provided a smaller, variable boost.

• APR trends continue to align with validator set size, blockspace demand, and MEV distribution.

5. Validator Performance

• Participation Rate: 100%, outperforming the 99.75% network average.

• Uptime & Stability: Redundant infrastructure and continuous monitoring ensured zero downtime across validators.

• Slashing: Zero slashing events, continuing Luganodes’ strong track record of reliability and safety.

6. Rewards Breakdown

• Consensus Layer (CL): 361.926 ETH earned through attestations and committee duties.

• Execution Layer (EL): 18.232 ETH earned via priority fees and MEV.

• Missed Rewards: None in September.

7. Risk-Adjusted Rewards

Luganodes prioritizes safety and consistency by:

• Avoiding slashing through “safety-over-liveness” engineering.

• Optimizing MEV-Boost relay strategies.

• Leveraging Commit-Boost for better validator routing.

• Operating multi-client infrastructure with latency tuning.

This ensures delegators benefit from stable, risk-adjusted rewards rather than volatile yield.

8. Commit-Boost

Commit-Boost continued to strengthen validator resilience in September by improving relay routing and reducing performance dips.

Our validators maintained high proposal, attestation, and sync committee effectiveness, with RAVER effectiveness consistently near the top tier.

9. Institutional Staking with Luganodes

Luganodes provides a non-custodial staking platform for institutions, custodians, and large holders. Features include:

• Real-time dashboards and performance metrics

• API integrations for portfolio tracking and reporting

• Comprehensive monthly rewards reports

• Enterprise-grade infrastructure with competitive pricing

10. Conclusion

September reinforced Luganodes’ reliability as an Ethereum validator, with 100% participation vs. 99.75% network average, zero missed rewards, and zero slashing incidents.

Luganodes continues to contribute to Ethereum’s decentralization while delivering optimized, risk-adjusted rewards for delegators and institutional partners.

👉 To learn more about staking ETH with Luganodes, reach out 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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