---
title: "Leafnode"
url: "https://radix.wiki/ecosystem/leafnode"
version: "4.0.0"
updated: 2026-08-23
last_verified: 2026-08-23
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Leafnode

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| **Type** | XRD staking validator node |
| **Network** | [Radix](/contents/tech/releases/radix-mainnet-babylon) (mainnet) |
| **Status** | 🟢 Active — deregistered 10 August 2026, [re-registered 16 August 2026](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx1x80208v5xezsyuvh0jydrplt8uwgmsmlpexv634fu3236qr8nfjslysr0y/summary) |
| **Founded** | 2023 |
| **Location** | Alblasserdam, Netherlands (backup in Germany) |
| **Validator** | [`validator_rdx1swz…n2lv86t`](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/validator/validator_rdx1swzn5hvtut6yq0zxqqsa0wk4rnkfd8wewvnphzrckau22pun2lv86t) |
| **Registered** | Yes — [`register`](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx1x80208v5xezsyuvh0jydrplt8uwgmsmlpexv634fu3236qr8nfjslysr0y/summary) at epoch 335461, 16 August 2026 (after an [`unregister`](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx16wjjnct0ugaeppqxu40vya4srw7wpjv678832sw5g6gmpwepsqqsqnu97q/summary) at epoch 333697, 10 August 2026) |
| **Stake** | 25,719,752.92 XRD active, rank 45 of 100; a further 8,550,966.92 XRD unstaking (epoch 337470, 23 Aug 2026) |
| **Fee** | 1%, with a [100% fee](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx1mh3d3fkltk8fzp3zlumkqewejfhsngvqd7z5eggl6u8srspw9cqs9qq6va/summary) queued for epoch 341223 (early September 2026) |
| **Website** | [leafnode.info](https://www.leafnode.info) (offline, HTTP 503, 10 Aug 2026) |

_Status note, 23 August 2026: Leaf Node deregistered on 10 August 2026 and re-registered on 16 August; it is validating again, ranked 45th of the 100 validators in the active set, with a 100% fee queued for early September and its website still offline. What follows describes the service as it operated; the ledger record is in the two sections below._

**Leafnode** is a Radix validator based in the Netherlands. Radix is a decentralized and secure protocol that enables developers to create scalable decentralized applications (dApps). Validators are nodes that verify transactions and propose new blocks in the Radix network. Stakers, on the other hand, are users who delegate their tokens to validators to help secure the network and receive rewards in return.

Leafnode is one of the validators in the Radix network that users can delegate their tokens to. By staking their tokens with Leafnode, users can help secure the Radix network and earn a share of the validator's rewards. The amount of rewards a user can earn depends on various factors, such as the amount of tokens they stake, the duration of the staking period, and the validator's performance.

## Founder

Daan is an enthusiastic Dutch computer science student and a member of the [Ociswap](https://radix.wiki/ecosystem/ociswap) team. He expresses a strong passion for distributed ledger technology, with Radix being his favorite project in the space. Daan runs a world-class Radix validator node for users to safely stake their tokens.

Daan highlights some advantages of staking with him, including being an active community member, offering a minimal fee percentage, and allowing users to earn interest on their staked XRD tokens. He actively maintains and monitors the node and has even developed his own solutions, such as a Raspberry Pi-powered dashboard.

## Benefits

Here are some potential benefits of staking with Leafnode:

### High Performance

Leafnode emphasizes the use of high-quality Linux servers that meet or exceed the recommended system specifications by RDX (presumably referring to Radix) works. This indicates that their nodes are designed for optimal performance and reliability.

### High Uptime

Leafnode ensures high uptime by having a secondary Linux server ready to take over if the primary node encounters any issues. Additionally, they use automation tools like Ansible to quickly deploy a new node in case of failure.

### Monitoring

Leafnode uses Grafana for monitoring the performance and uptime of their nodes. They have also designed a Raspberry Pi-powered monitoring dashboard that provides real-time information and will be active 24/7. This commitment to monitoring ensures that the node's status and performance are consistently tracked, allowing for proactive maintenance and issue resolution.

### Decentralization

The website mentions that too much $XRD has been staked to nodes running in American data centers. By running their node in the Dutch city of Alblasserdam and having a backup node in Germany, Leafnode aims to contribute to the decentralization of the network.

## Security

Leafnode places importance on network security and protecting stakers' rewards. They have taken measures such as employing firewalls, implementing 2FA (two-factor authentication), and utilizing DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection to safeguard the validator against potential attacks.

## Deregistered from the validator set (10 August 2026)

_Superseded on 16 August 2026 — see the section that follows. The readings below stood on 10 August and are kept as the record of that day._

Leaf Node stopped validating on **10 August 2026**. Two transactions signed with the validator's owner badge, eleven minutes apart, ended its run: at **08:31:55 UTC** (epoch 333695) the owner called [`update_fee`](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx19lqdc8m787s2sg4njl3jwcpd9nwqgxxkhx7uhc0j0txztcy5j80sxdxqap/summary) with a new fee factor of `1` — a **100% validator fee** — and at **08:43:03 UTC** (epoch 333697) called [`unregister`](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx16wjjnct0ugaeppqxu40vya4srw7wpjv678832sw5g6gmpwepsqqsqnu97q/summary). Read live from the [Radix Gateway](https://docs.radixdlt.com/docs/network-gateway) at epoch 333822 (10 August 2026, 19:05 UTC), the [Leaf Node validator](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/validator/validator_rdx1swzn5hvtut6yq0zxqqsa0wk4rnkfd8wewvnphzrckau22pun2lv86t)'s `is_registered` flag is **false**, and the number of registered validators on mainnet has fallen from 188 to **187**.

The stake did not leave with it. **34,202,706.78 XRD** is still delegated to the validator and it still accepts new delegations (`accepts_delegated_stake` is `true`), but only registered validators are eligible for the [active validator set](/contents/tech/core-concepts/validator-nodes), so that stake is no longer securing the network or earning [staking](/contents/tech/core-concepts/staking) emissions. Holders of the stake units (`resource_rdx1th6…aa28jsnr`) have to unstake to move it, and the claim NFTs are `resource_rdx1nf5…zmuz3j9w`.

The queued fee change is recorded on-ledger as effective from **epoch 337727** — 3,905 epochs after the reading above. The network kept 1,152 epochs between 6 and 10 August 2026, about five minutes each, which puts the 100% fee roughly two weeks out, around **24 August 2026**. It is a pending request, not the charged rate: the stored `validator_fee_factor` is still `0.01`, and this page's earlier 1% figure remains the fee until that epoch.

The website went the same day: [leafnode.info](https://www.leafnode.info) answers HTTP 503 with a `DEPLOYMENT_PAUSED` body, while the validator's on-ledger `info_url` and `icon_url` metadata still point at it. No statement from the operator has been found; the account above is the ledger's.

As recently as **6 August 2026** (epoch 332670) the node was registered, held 34,181,988.28 XRD, ranked **38 of 188** registered validators by stake, charged 1% and had recorded 99.95% uptime over the trailing month. This page carried 🟢 Active on that measurement, which was correct when it was taken.

## Back in the validator set (16 August 2026)

Leaf Node returned to the [active validator set](/contents/tech/core-concepts/validator-nodes) six days after leaving it. At **11:41:48 UTC on 16 August 2026** (epoch 335,461) the owner badge signed [`register`](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx1x80208v5xezsyuvh0jydrplt8uwgmsmlpexv634fu3236qr8nfjslysr0y/summary), and **83 seconds later** it signed [`update_fee` with a fee factor of `0.01`](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx1ng4w8mazxqga76e7f4ctv36crfr40tdj9phe7vhmgendj585982sv66jqr/summary) — cancelling the 100% fee the same badge had queued on 10 August. Neither transaction was announced, and [leafnode.info](https://www.leafnode.info) has answered HTTP 503 throughout.

Read live from the [Radix Gateway](https://docs.radixdlt.com/docs/network-gateway) at epoch 337,470 (23 August 2026, 11:05 UTC), the [Leaf Node validator](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/validator/validator_rdx1swzn5hvtut6yq0zxqqsa0wk4rnkfd8wewvnphzrckau22pun2lv86t) is registered, is one of the **100 validators in the active set**, and ranks **45th by active stake** with **25,719,752.92 XRD** — 0.5501% of the stake securing the network. Mainnet is back to **188 registered validators**. It is validating and earning [emissions](/contents/tech/core-concepts/staking) again.

Some of the stake did not wait. A further **8,550,966.92 XRD** sits in the validator's pending-withdrawal vault, unstaked across three transactions on 11, 14 and 21 August and now serving out the unbonding delay. Active stake plus pending withdrawals still comes to roughly the 34.2 million XRD the validator held on 10 August, so the exit is a quarter of the delegation rather than a run on it — but it is the measurable answer stakers gave to a deregistration notice, and the coins leaving are the ones that read it.

### The 100% fee, re-armed

On **22 August 2026 at 11:52:59 UTC** (epoch 337,191) the owner badge queued the [100% fee again](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/transaction/txid_rdx1mh3d3fkltk8fzp3zlumkqewejfhsngvqd7z5eggl6u8srspw9cqs9qq6va/summary). The stored `validator_fee_factor` is still `0.01`, so 1% remains the charged rate; the pending request now names **epoch 341,223**, which at the network's recent pace of roughly five minutes an epoch falls in the **first week of September 2026** — about a fortnight later than the epoch 337,727 the 10 August request had named, and which passed without effect once the request was replaced.

A 100% validator fee takes the whole of the emission a delegation earns, so it is the standard way an operator closes a validator down without touching anyone's principal: stakers keep their XRD and must unstake to keep earning on it. Queued, cancelled and queued again inside twelve days, it reads as a wind-down that has not settled on a date. The practical consequence for anyone still delegated is unchanged by the reversal — **the fee switch is armed, the website is down, and the operator has published nothing**. This page's account is the ledger's; no statement from the operator has been found.

One detail is worth recording without reading anything into it. The same owner badge — the non-fungible `[83853a5d…0793]` of the [validator owner badge](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1nfxxxxxxxxxxvdrwnrxxxxxxxxx004365253834xxxxxxxxxvdrwnr) resource — was proved from `account_rdx1697zj…` for the August 10 and August 16 transactions and from `account_rdx12ykjn…` for the one on 22 August, and it is held by the second account today. The badge moved between accounts in that window. Accounts are not people, and an operator moving their own badge to a different account of their own looks exactly like this, so the movement is recorded here as a fact and not as a change of hands.