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Orca is a Solana validator operated by orca.so — the Orca decentralized exchange team — carrying 147,515 SOL of activated stake (0.0096% of network stake) and a 96.30 Wiz Score as of epoch 971 (per Stakewiz).

Identity

Orca operates this validator as part of the orca.so DEX project — a concentrated-liquidity automated market maker on Solana. The operator self-describes (Stakewiz description field) as "Solana's premier liquidity layer." The Orca validator is therefore application-team infrastructure (a DEX project running its own validator), distinct from third-party staking-as-a-service operators. The identity account is ECZx4Dfyn2o55KTYbM9r3Dt4VZRcrdfdrst7sUbWgrdU; the vote account is 3VZHxnkK1A3HYeWYaqgMebHnc2acgLzRiXYwTNm3ooYM.

Performance metrics

  • Wiz Score 96.30 (epoch 971, per Stakewiz).
  • 30-day trailing skip rate 0.00% vs. 0.14% network median at epoch 971 (Stakewiz wiz_skip_rate field and cluster_stats).
  • Vote success 99.47% with credit ratio 99.6% of cluster average (epoch 971, Stakewiz). Above the SFDP per-epoch vote-credit threshold of 97% of cluster average.
  • Uptime 99.94% at the current Stakewiz snapshot (uptime_score: 8.88 — the only sub-10 uptime score in this directory tier).
  • Delinquent: no at epoch 971 (Stakewiz delinquent field). A delinquent validator is one whose last vote lags the ledger tip by more than ~128 slots; Orca's last vote is current.

Orca's first epoch with stake was epoch 811, giving it 160 epochs of recorded mainnet history at epoch 971 — roughly 10.5 months. The 30-day skip-rate window covers a substantial portion of the validator's first year on the network; stakers comparing Orca against multi-year operators should weigh that newer validators have less data to assess. The 99.94% uptime figure (vs. 100% for most peers in this tier) reflects at least one short uptime gap within the Stakewiz observation window.

Economics

  • Base commission 0% (epoch 971, Stakewiz). Sits at the SFDP base-commission cap of ≤5%.
  • Jito MEV commission 0% (jito_commission_bps: 0, epoch 971). Below the SFDP Jito MEV cap of ≤10%.
  • Total APY 6.01% including Jito MEV rewards (epoch 971, per Stakewiz total_apy). Components: 5.88% base staking APY and 0.13% Jito MEV APY.

Total APY runs above the Stakewiz network average of ~4.4% (epoch 971, cluster_stats). With both commissions at 0%, the entire inflation and MEV payout the validator receives flows through to stakers.

Infrastructure

  • ASN: AS32209 — Momentum Telecom, Inc.
  • Location: London, United Kingdom.
  • Software version: 0.821.30114 — a Firedancer / Frankendancer version string (Firedancer's release scheme differs from Agave's; version_valid: true at epoch 971 confirms the version is on the SFDP-accepted release list).

The Orca validator is one of the validators running the second validator client (Frankendancer / Firedancer) rather than Agave, contributing to client diversity. Roughly 26% of staked SOL ran Frankendancer as of May 2026, per BlockEden.

Decentralization signals

  • ASN concentration: 0.00% of network stake on AS32209 (Stakewiz asn_concentration) — Orca is the only validator carrying stake on this ASN at the current snapshot.
  • City concentration: 5.75% of network stake in London (Stakewiz city_concentration).
  • ASN+city concentration: 0.00% (asncity_concentration).

ASN concentration is effectively zero — Momentum Telecom carries no other significant Solana validator stake. City concentration of 5.75% in London is the most concentrated signal in this profile; it remains below the SFDP ≤15% data-center cap (per Solana Foundation delegation criteria) but is the highest figure Orca carries.

MEV policy

Orca runs the Jito client's Frankendancer-compatible MEV path (is_jito: true, Stakewiz, epoch 971). With Jito MEV commission at 0%, the validator retains no operator skim on Jito Block Engine tip distribution — stakers receive the full 0.13% Jito MEV APY component (epoch 971).

Delegation programs

  • SFDP status: Orca's metrics (skip rate 0.00%, base commission 0%, Jito MEV commission 0%, ASN concentration 0%, city concentration 5.75%) satisfy current SFDP performance and infrastructure thresholds; explicit enrollment status should be verified on the Solana Foundation delegation dashboard.
  • Marinade SAM participation: Per-epoch auction state on marinade.finance.
  • Stake pool inclusion: Jito Stake Pool and SolBlaze inclusion vary per epoch — verify on the respective stake-pool dashboards.

Stake history

Orca holds 147,515 SOL active stake (0.0096% of network) at epoch 971 (Stakewiz). First epoch with stake was epoch 811; on-chain history covers 160 epochs — shorter than the multi-year veterans in this directory. Stake-history depth comparisons should weight that observation gap. For live performance, see solana-scout.

Operator homepage

Operator homepage: orca.so

  • Client Diversity Tracker — current Solana validator client share, including the Frankendancer cohort Orca is part of

Metrics cited reference Stakewiz at epoch 971, 2026-05-15. Verify on Stakewiz and Solana Beach for current values.