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LimeChain operates a Solana mainnet validator (vote account LimeNKYH66uR9BwnrPtxPbpqmkambxHVcutGoSaWPiq) carrying 142,748 SOL of active delegated stake — approximately 0.0092% of network stake at epoch 971, per Stakewiz. The validator runs the Jito client at 0% base commission and 5% Jito MEV commission, hosted on DELTA SOF BIX (AS8860) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Its Wiz Score is 99.80 at epoch 971 — the highest among the 28 validators profiled in this wiki's directory.

Identity

LimeChain is the validator operation of LimeChain (limechain.tech), a blockchain development firm based in Eastern Europe. The Stakewiz self-description at epoch 971 is: "LimeChain extends its blockchain development excellence with a Solana validator built to strengthen decentralization and drive R&D in the Eastern European region." The validator's on-chain identity account is LimeA3gMLb2SjxrKbP7NsWk1UwTZrw4B6Ctc9dmVU6E. The withdraw authority custody is not publicly disclosed.

Performance metrics

  • Skip rate: 0.00% trailing 30-epoch (per Stakewiz wiz_skip_rate, epoch 971), against a network median of 0.14%.
  • Vote success: 99.71% (Stakewiz, epoch 971) — among the higher vote-success figures in the directory; credit ratio 99.8% under Timely Vote Credits.
  • Uptime: 100% per Stakewiz's uptime probe at epoch 971; the validator is not delinquent.
  • Software version: 3.1.13 — version_valid: true at epoch 971.

For live performance, see solana-scout.

Economics

  • Base commission: 0% at epoch 971 (per Stakewiz commission).
  • Jito MEV commission: 5% (jito_commission_bps: 500, epoch 971) — at the midpoint of the 0-10% Jito MEV range seen across the directory.
  • Total APY estimate: 6.01% at epoch 971 (5.89% staking APY + 0.12% Jito MEV component, per Stakewiz total_apy).
  • Stake-weight bucket: below above_halt_line at epoch 971 — eligible for a near-maximum stake_weight_score of 14.89 (out of 15).

Infrastructure

  • Data center / host: DELTA SOF BIX (a Sofia internet-exchange-adjacent hosting facility).
  • ASN: AS8860.
  • City: Sofia, Bulgaria (42.70°N, 23.32°E).
  • TPU IP: 64.130.57.226 — note the TPU IP overlaps with Capital Alliance's published TPU IP in this directory's snapshot (a single TPU IP carrying ~4.36% of network TPU IPs per Stakewiz tpu_ip_concentration); the underlying ASN, city, and identity accounts are distinct, so the overlap is a shared upstream-IP signal rather than a co-operation indicator.
  • Client: Jito client (is_jito: true); software 3.1.13.

Decentralization signals

  • ASN concentration: 0.00% on Stakewiz's asn_concentration field for AS8860 at epoch 971 — Sofia DELTA SOF BIX carries effectively no other Solana validator stake; LimeChain is the sole or dominant Solana validator on this ASN in the wiki's snapshot.
  • City concentration: 0.00% (Sofia) — Sofia is similarly underrepresented as a Solana validator city.
  • ASN+city joint concentration: 0.00%.
  • Wiz Score: 99.80 at epoch 971 (per Stakewiz) — the highest Wiz Score in this wiki's directory of 28 validators. The composite is driven by maximum or near-maximum scores on every positive component: skip rate (10/10), vote success (29.91/30), commission (20/20), version freshness (no penalty), uptime (10/10), epoch distance (10/10), and a near-maximum stake_weight_score of 14.89 reflecting the validator's small stake position; no decentralization penalty applies because both the ASN and the city are unconcentrated.

The Wiz Score directly reflects this combination: maximum or near-maximum on-chain performance components plus geographic and infrastructure positions that the score's penalty terms do not touch.

MEV policy

LimeChain runs the Jito client and participates in the Jito Block Engine. Jito MEV commission is 5%, retained by the operator; the remaining 95% of MEV-tip flow reaches stakers. The Stakewiz Jito APY contribution at epoch 971 is 0.12%.

Delegation programs

The validator's first epoch with stake is 876 (per Stakewiz first_epoch_with_stake) — operation spans approximately 95 epochs of active stake as of epoch 971, roughly 6 months at the current ~2-day epoch cadence. With 142,748 SOL of external stake, the validator sits inside the range where SFDP residual delegation and 1:1 matching (capped at 100,000 SOL match) would apply per current Foundation criteria if enrolled — SFDP enrollment status is not surfaced in the Stakewiz cache fields used here.

Stake history

  • Active stake: 142,748 SOL (0.0092% of network, per Stakewiz, epoch 971). The absolute stake position is small relative to the directory's flagship operators (Helius at 14.35M SOL, Solana Compass at 1.36M SOL); stakers reading this profile alongside high-stake profiles see the trade-off explicitly — high Wiz Score, small absolute stake.
  • Rank in Stakewiz directory: 1 at epoch 971 — the directory rank reflects the composite Wiz Score rather than stake size.
  • First epoch with stake: 876.

Operator homepage

Operator homepage: limechain.tech — validator profile on Stakewiz: stakewiz.com/validator/LimeNKYH66uR9BwnrPtxPbpqmkambxHVcutGoSaWPiq.

  • Network State Monthly — monthly state-of-network snapshot (LimeChain holds the highest Wiz Score in the directory)