RadixStake is a validator node operator that lets holders stake their $XRD and earn emissions rewards. Active since 2021, it runs primary and backup nodes with 24/7 uptime monitoring on top-tier cloud infrastructure.
Overview
RadixStake runs a Radix mainnet validator that delegators can stake to under Radix's delegated proof-of-stake model. It uses server uptime monitoring to keep the node highly available, and hosts primary and backup validators with providers such as DigitalOcean and Linode for constant network connectivity.
By delegating to a validator like RadixStake, holders help secure the Radix ledger while earning a share of network emissions. Choosing a validator matters: uptime and fee directly affect a delegator's share of staking rewards.
In December 2021, eligible delegators who staked a qualifying amount of XRD with RadixStake were included in the final Radical airdrop, distributed pro-rata by staked amount.
Benefits
Radix mainnet validator
RadixStake has run nodes across Radix mainnet, Betanet, Stokenet, and the Cassandra test network.
Reliable node operations
RadixStake provides 24/7 monitoring and alerting to keep validator performance and uptime high.
Compounding rewards
Emissions are minted pre-staked to the same validator, so rewards immediately begin earning further emissions without any manual restaking. See Liquid Stake Units for how staked XRD is represented on-ledger.
Validator fee
RadixStake charged 1.49% for most of its history. Since epoch 288573 (6 March 2026) the validator has charged 14.9%, under a fee-change request that the ledger applies in place of the stored fee factor — see Validator Nodes for why the two differ and how to read the current figure.
Staking process
- Acquire $XRD via an exchange.
- Select a validator to delegate to – RadixStake is one option.
- Stake your XRD to the validator from your Radix Wallet.
- Wait for the transaction to confirm on-ledger.
- Begin earning emissions rewards, which auto-compound to the same validator.
On-ledger status (August 2026)
Read live from the Radix Gateway on 7 August 2026 at epoch 332768, the RadixStake validator is registered, accepts delegated stake, holds 107,947,277.39 XRD — rank 12 of the 188 registered validators by stake — and recorded 100% uptime over the trailing month. The operation is running.
Its fee is not what this page said until now. The stored validator_fee_factor is 0.0149, and that is the figure a tool reading the field alone reports — but the same validator carries a fee-change request to 0.149 with epoch_effective 288573, an epoch that began on 6 March 2026. Once a change's epoch has passed, the engine charges the request and leaves the stored field alone until the owner asks for the next change, so RadixStake has taken 14.9% of its delegators' emissions — ten times the advertised 1.49% — for five months. The mechanism, and the 62 registered validators it currently affects, are covered under Validator Nodes.
Nothing here suggests concealment: a fee increase is a public transaction, it served its mandatory ~4,032-epoch notice period before taking effect, and 14.9% is unremarkable among the network's larger validators. What went wrong was on this side — the page repeated a number from a stale field instead of the one the ledger charges.