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title: "Blockshard"
url: "https://radix.wiki/ecosystem/blockshard"
version: "3.1.0"
updated: 2026-08-17
last_verified: 2026-08-17
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Blockshard

| Blockshard |  |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Validator & staking infrastructure |
| Status | 🟢 Active |
| Headquarters | Zug, Switzerland |
| Formerly | LetzBake |
| Radix role | Validator node operator |
| Other networks | Tezos, Ethereum, Moonbeam, Moonriver, EigenLayer, SSV Network, Avail |
| Affiliation | [UnitedBloc DAO](https://unitedbloc.com/) (founding member) |
| Radix validator | [Blockshard 🇨🇭\|🇧🇬 RadixUID](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/network-staking/validator_rdx1svudtxxkegaeg6ks0qgjujfp8g80de2f63ygvfqug6zv987e99jk3q) — registered, 12,252,454.55 XRD staked, 1% fee (read on-ledger 17 August 2026, epoch 335,694) |
| Website | [blockshard.io](https://blockshard.io/) |
| X / Twitter | [@blockshard1](https://twitter.com/blockshard1) |

**Blockshard** is a Switzerland-based, non-custodial Web3 staking and validator provider that operates a validator node on the [Radix](/contents/tech/core-protocols/radix-engine) network. Headquartered in Zug (registry CHE-140.033.377) and formerly known as LetzBake, Blockshard is a founding member of the [UnitedBloc DAO](https://unitedbloc.com/), an alliance of professional validator organisations.

## Overview

Blockshard runs professional, enterprise-grade validator infrastructure across a range of proof-of-stake networks, prioritising high uptime, security, and a fully [non-custodial](https://blockshard.io/) model in which delegators retain ownership of their assets at all times. Through its membership in [UnitedBloc](https://unitedbloc.com/), Blockshard also contributes to shared RPC endpoints, white-label nodes, and custom infrastructure for the wider validator community.

## Radix validator

On Radix, Blockshard operates a validator node that secures the network under its [delegated proof-of-stake consensus](/contents/tech/core-concepts/radix-governance). Because staking on Radix is non-custodial, holders keep custody of their tokens and delegate [XRD](/contents/tech/core-protocols/xrd-token) to a validator directly from the [Radix Wallet](https://wallet.radixdlt.com/) – there is no account to create and no deposit to Blockshard. Validators and their fees can be browsed on the [Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/network-staking), and stakers earn a share of network emissions proportional to the XRD delegated.

## Supported networks

Alongside Radix ([XRD](/contents/tech/core-protocols/xrd-token)), Blockshard's [current network coverage](https://blockshard.io/) includes:

- Tezos (XTZ)
- Ethereum (ETH)
- Moonbeam (GLMR) and Moonriver (MOVR)
- EigenLayer
- SSV Network (SSV)
- Avail (AVAIL)

For the definitive, up-to-date list of supported networks and validator addresses, refer to the [Blockshard website](https://blockshard.io/).

## Validator on the ledger

Blockshard's Radix node is `validator_rdx1svudtxxkegaeg6ks0qgjujfp8g80de2f63ygvfqug6zv987e99jk3q`, and on the ledger it does not carry Blockshard's name alone. Its `name` metadata reads **Blockshard 🇨🇭|🇧🇬 RadixUID** and its `description` metadata describes it as a collaboration between Blockshard and RadixUID. [RadixUID](/ecosystem/radixuid) is the Sofia-based Bulgarian community project already covered on this wiki, whose blog published “Stake to Blockshard” staking guides — the two flags in the node's name are Blockshard's Zug and RadixUID's Sofia. RadixUID's own validator is no longer registered and has since been renamed on-ledger, so this joint node is the part of that collaboration still running.

Read at epoch 335,694 (state version 550,831,708, 17 August 2026), the validator is **registered** and sitting inside the active set with **12,252,454.55 XRD** of delegated stake — 66th of the 188 registered validators by stake, and 0.257% of the XRD staked to registered validators network-wide. [The active set is the top 100 registered validators by stake each epoch](https://docs.radixdlt.com/docs/validator), and only stake delegated inside it [earns emissions](https://learn.radixdlt.com/article/how-xrd-staking-emissions-rewards-penalties-are-calculated-general), so delegators here are being paid.

The node's fee is **1%**, and the fee it charges matches the fee stored in its own substate with no pending fee-change request — worth checking rather than assuming, because the two diverge on a substantial minority of Radix validators. A further 313,400.04 XRD sits in the validator's pending withdraw vault (stake unbonding, in flight to unstake claims rather than lost), and 14,756.44 of the operator's own stake units are held in its locked owner-stake vault. Current figures for stake, fee and registration can be read at any time from the [validator's page on the Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/network-staking/validator_rdx1svudtxxkegaeg6ks0qgjujfp8g80de2f63ygvfqug6zv987e99jk3q).

## External links

- [Official website](https://blockshard.io/)
- [X / Twitter (@blockshard1)](https://twitter.com/blockshard1)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/blockshard)
- [Blog (Medium)](https://medium.com/blockshard)
- [UnitedBloc DAO](https://unitedbloc.com/)