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Elliot Lee edited this page Jan 3, 2022 · 3 revisions

Our goal is to expand the size and diversity of the XRP Ledger network by enabling people to easily run rippled validators and understand how those validators perform.

We aim to create a network where validating participants are well-known and respected by gathering and publicizing identity information of validators, in addition to performance statistics.

The Validator Registry gathers and publishes data for all network validators, enabling rippled operators to determine which validators to trust. An API is also available: https://data.ripple.com/v2/network/validators (DEPRECATED)

Running rippled involves selecting a list of trusted validators. There are two primary factors in determining validator trustworthiness: performance and operator identity.

Performance

The Validator Registry provides metrics for each validator based on uptime and network agreement.

  • Agreement: the percentage of ledgers that passed consensus that were validated by the validator.
  • Disagreement: the percentage of ledgers validated by the validator that did not pass consensus.

Identity

Network participants are unlikely to trust validators without knowing who is operating them. To address this concern, validator operators can associate their validator with an internet domain that they operate.

Various validator registries verify these domains and list them with the validators.

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