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
The fee this validator charges, and any change queued against it, is shown live on its Radix Dashboard page.
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
Read live from the Radix Gateway on 7 August 2026 at epoch 332768, the RadixStake validator was registered, accepted delegated stake, held 107,947,277.39 XRD — rank 12 of the 188 registered validators by stake — and recorded 100% uptime over the trailing month.
Re-read at epoch 341,188 on 15 September 2026, four days after the network restarted following the Hyperlane asset drain, the node is still registered and holds 107,699,180 XRD, 248,097 less than in August. It is twelfth of the 186 validators now registered on Radix, two fewer than the 188 of August, and holds 2.3% of the 4.61bn XRD staked to the hundred validators in the active set, the ones that run consensus. The Gateway uptime statistics give 10,793 proposals made and none missed over the 1,200 epochs since the restart, and 11,835,516 made against 333 missed over the node’s whole life.
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.
The fee doubles in October
On 23 September 2026 RadixStake queued a rise from 14.9% to 29.89%, effective at epoch 347,421, about 7 October. The transaction that filed it also raised Radstakes from 25% to 40% and the former CaviarNine validators Sirius and Polaris from 0% to 25%. RadixStake's owner badge sits in an AccessManager component, and the proof that opened it came from account_rdx12xw5…9ee2frt5, a different account from the one that opened the other three. Read at epoch 344,595 on 27 September, the validator holds 107,874,076 XRD and still charges 14.9%.