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Vault Performance

Overview​

Vault performance represents the average performance of its validators. The scoring system derives a simple and effective formula for calculating Vault efficiency by evaluating the ratio of rewards to penalties, minimizing the influence of luck.

IconPerformance Components

Vault efficiency consists of two main components:

  • 🎯 Proposer Performance (20% weight)
  • 🗳️ Attester Performance (80% weight)

🎯 Proposer Performance​

Block proposals depend on luck, but we penalize validators who miss MEV opportunities. Since MEV rewards can vary greatly between blocks, we focus only on the number of blocks processed and ignore reward sizes to avoid relying on chance.

Calculation Method​

We calculate the proposal_score by dividing the number of produced blocks by the total number of blocks. Validators are not negatively penalized for missed blocks; they get a score of 0 if they miss all their opportunities.

IconFormula: Proposer Score
proposal_score = proposed_block_count / (proposed_block_count + missed_block_count)

Where:

  • proposed_block_count – Number of successfully mined MEV blocks
  • missed_block_count – Number of missed MEV blocks
IconFee Recipient Configuration

A block is considered missing if the transaction fee or MEV is sent to the incorrect address, which negatively impacts the Vault performance score.

Verify that your validator clients are configured with the correct fee recipient address. You can locate this address (Block reward recipient) on the Vault page in the Details section.

The proposer score is determined from statistics collected over the past 7 days.

🗳️ Attester Performance​

Attestation Rewards​

85% of validator rewards come from attestations containing valuable information about consensus layer correctness and inclusion delay.

An attestation consists of three votes:

  • Head vote
  • Source vote
  • Target vote

If a validator votes correctly on all three with optimal inclusion delay, they receive 100% of potential reward.

Calculation Method​

The beacon node API provides idealReward for an epoch representing maximum potential rewards based on optimal performance, allowing us to calculate attester efficiency:

IconFormula: Attester Score
attester_score = total_rewards / ideal_rewards

Where:

  • total_rewards – Sum of validators rewards fetched via beacon API
  • ideal_rewards – Sum of ideal rewards fetched via beacon API

The attester score is determined from statistics collected over the past 7 days.

Sync Committee Exclusion​

IconWhy Sync Committee is Ignored

Sync committee rewards are excluded from calculations as they constitute only 3% of consensus layer rewards and depend entirely on luck.

📊 Final Scoring Formula​

The overall Vault performance combines both proposer and attester scores with weighted importance:

IconFormula: Overall Score
score = (8/10 * attestations_score + 2/10 * proposal_score) * 100

This formula reflects that attestations are the primary source of validator rewards (80% weight), while block proposals provide additional value (20% weight).

🏆 Performance Grades​

Vault grades are calculated based on the average performance over the last 7 days:

99.6-100%

  • No missed blocks or a very small percentage of them
  • Validators perform excellently in attestations
  • Less than 0.5% missed attestation rewards
IconFurther Reading

Learn more about tracking performance metrics in monitoring → and Rated Network integration →.

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