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In the active set, top 100
Only the top 100 validators by stake earn rewards on Celestia. We have been continuously in the active set since mainnet — verifiable on Mintscan.
Cosmos ecosystem // Active validator
Celestia staking,
with 01node.
Delegate TIA to a bare-metal validator running on owned hardware in two Tier III datacenters since 2019. Zero slashing events across 40+ networks. The address below is on-chain verifiable on the listed explorer.
TokenTIA
Commission10%
Est. APR6-7%
Validator sinceOctober 2023 (mainnet launch)
Validator address
celestiavaloper1murrqgqahxevedty0nzqrn5hj434fvffxufxclActive set · top 100 by stakeWallets: Keplr · Leap · CosmostationUnbonding: 21 days
// 01 — About Celestia
What is Celestia?
Celestia (TIA) is the first modular blockchain network built around data availability sampling. Instead of executing transactions and providing data availability in the same chain, Celestia separates the two: it commits ordered transaction data to a base layer that any rollup or sovereign chain can post to, and it lets light clients verify that the data was published using cryptographic sampling rather than re-executing the workload.
Mainnet launched in October 2023. The active set is fixed at the top 100 validators by stake — a meritocratic design that excludes operators who fall below the cutoff. Native rollups, Manta, Dymension, and a growing list of L2s use Celestia as their DA layer. Staked TIA secures both the consensus and the DA commitments, making validator operations on Celestia particularly bandwidth-sensitive.
Because data availability is the product, Celestia validators have a different operational profile than traditional Cosmos chains: blob throughput, light-client probe response times, and consistent block production matter more than raw stake size.
// 02 — Why stake with 01node
Receipts, not promises.
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Bandwidth-tuned infrastructure
Celestia DA workloads push validator bandwidth in ways most chains do not. Our 20 Gbps+ peering on AS211396 was built precisely for this category of workload.
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Horcrux + YubiHSM signing
Same threshold-signing architecture as Cosmos Hub. No double-sign physically possible from any single host compromise.
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Bucharest geographic position
Low-latency to Frankfurt and Amsterdam internet exchanges keeps our DA blob propagation in the top tier of validators globally.
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Active governance participation
We vote on every Celestia governance proposal with published rationale. Verifiable on the Celestia governance explorer.
// 03 — How to stake
Four steps, two minutes.
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Open Keplr (or Leap)
Both wallets support Celestia natively. Keplr's Celestia integration is the most common path.
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Click "Stake" on this page
The button deep-links to Keplr with our Celestia validator pre-selected. The address is the one verified on Mintscan.
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Confirm amount and sign
Enter your TIA amount, leave room for transaction fees, sign in your wallet. Delegation is on-chain immediately.
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Rewards accrue per block
Block time on Celestia is around 15 seconds. Rewards begin in the next epoch and you can claim or restake at any time.
// 04 — Risks & trade-offs
What you should know.
Active-set cutoff
If our position drops below the top 100, rewards stop until we re-enter. We monitor our rank continuously and have not exited the set since mainnet.
Unbonding lock
21-day unbonding window during which TIA earns no rewards and cannot be moved.
Slashing risk
Double-sign or extended downtime triggers protocol slashing. Our zero-slashing record across 6 years includes Celestia mainnet from day one.
// 05 — Frequently asked
Celestia staking FAQ.
What is the unbonding period for Celestia (TIA)?expand_more
21 days. Standard for Cosmos SDK chains. During this window your TIA earns no rewards and cannot be transferred.
Why is Celestia's active set fixed at 100?expand_more
Celestia is engineered to keep the validator set small enough that data availability sampling and consensus stay performant. Falling below rank 100 means the validator no longer earns rewards until they climb back up. This makes operator selection materially more important on Celestia than on chains with 200+ validators.
Does staking TIA earn me rewards from rollups using Celestia DA?expand_more
No directly — TIA stakers earn the base TIA inflation only. Rollups pay TIA fees for blob inclusion, but those fees are captured by validators in proportion to their stake, not redistributed separately to delegators. As Celestia adoption grows, fee revenue should become a more meaningful contributor to staking yield.
How is Celestia different from Ethereum's data availability layer?expand_more
Celestia is a purpose-built DA layer with sampling — light clients verify data availability without downloading full blocks, which is what makes the architecture scale to high throughput. Ethereum's danksharding (EIP-4844 blobs) provides DA for rollups but is integrated with execution and consensus on the main chain. Celestia is the modular, separated alternative.
What's 01node's commission on Celestia?expand_more
10% — verified live on Mintscan. Higher than our Cosmos Hub rate because Celestia validator operations are bandwidth-heavy and the active-set discipline forces sustained investment in infrastructure.
How do I unstake TIA?expand_more
Open Keplr, navigate to your Celestia delegation, click Undelegate, enter amount. The 21-day unbonding clock starts at signature. Tokens become liquid in your wallet automatically when the period ends.
// 06 — Further reading
Related from our blog.
Engineering
Why a Validator Is Not a Server
Five years ago a validator was a server. Today it is a cluster of signers, and the math is the entire reason solo operators still slash themselves. A focused walk-through of the 2/3 signing architecture, the slashing-protection check that runs before every block, and the key-sharding property that makes a single compromised node useless.
7 MIN READ→EngineeringOn Validator Setup: Seven Years Later
In June 2019 we published our validator architecture on Medium — YubiHSM dual-DC, VPN-only access, sentries per network. Seven years, forty mainnets, and zero slashing events later, here is what we kept, what we changed, and what we would do differently if we started today.
11 MIN READ→EcosystemSecuring the Network: Our Staking Strategy for 2026
A detailed breakdown of how we balance risk and reward across 40+ blockchain protocols while maintaining maximum uptime.
8 MIN READ→$ 01.ro --network celestia --verify
CHAIN: Celestia (TIA)
VALIDATOR: celestiavaloper1murrqgqahxevedty0nzqrn5hj434fvffxufxcl
COMMISSION: 10%
ESTIMATED_APR: 6-7%
UNBONDING: 21 days
ECOSYSTEM: Cosmos
SLASHING_EVENTS_LIFETIME: 0
VERIFY_AT: https://www.mintscan.io/celestia/validators/celestiavaloper1murrqgqahxevedty0nzqrn5hj434fvffxufxclReady to delegate?
The Celestia validator address above is on-chain verifiable. The Stake button deep-links into the right wallet with everything pre-filled.