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Validator Selection - A Phased Approach
The ultimate objective of Definity on Solana is to grow the percentage of delegated stake in the Asia-Pacific region. We envision this will take time and investment from operators. To attract delegations from stakers, we also need to return a high APY. To achieve this, we need to delegate stake to consistently high-performing validators.
As it stands today, there are no validators consistently ranked within the top 250 — as measured by TVC score — that are also physically located in the Asia-Pacific region.
Thus, we see a phased approach, one that allows us to meet our end objective.
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Phase 1
During this phase, we will be taking applications for validators within the top 250 TVC rankings, who will need to provide verifiable evidence that:
- the team operating the Mainnet validator is located within the Asia-Pacific region.
- the team is contributing to the APAC Solana ecosystem in some meaningful way.
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Please note that you will need to meet all other criteria laid out in the Staking Strategy.
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If your application is approved, and your validator is whitelisted, it means you will be eligible to receive stake according to your relative performance, as long as all other criteria detailed in the pool staking strategy are met.
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Phase 2
Phase 2 will start when the technical conditions required to allow APAC-based validators to consistently perform within the top 250 TVC rankings are met. We will announce this date as soon as conditions are met while giving validators at least 3 month notice of the change of rules.
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