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Solana Compass operates a Solana mainnet validator (vote account EARNynHRWg6GfyJCmrrizcZxARB3HVzcaasvNa8kBS72) carrying 1,361,705 SOL of active delegated stake — approximately 0.088% of network stake at epoch 971, per Stakewiz. The validator runs the Jito client at 0% base commission and 10% Jito MEV commission, hosted on Vultr (AS20473) in Tokyo, Japan.

Identity

Solana Compass is operated by the team behind solanacompass.com — a Solana staking and validator-comparison resource that has published validator profiles, staking guides, and protocol explainers since 2021. The validator brands its Stakewiz display as "Solana Compass 🧭 Solana For The People" and self-describes as "Running a professional and high performance validator on top tier hardware since October 2021. Stake with us to earn excellent rewards while helping decentralize Solana, as well as supporting great tools + guides for the community" (per Stakewiz description field, epoch 971).

The validator's on-chain identity account is CMPSSdrTnRQBiBGTyFpdCc3VMNuLWYWaSkE8Zh5z6gbd. 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: 99.61% (Stakewiz, epoch 971); credit ratio 99.7% under Timely Vote Credits.
  • Uptime: 100% per Stakewiz's uptime probe at epoch 971; the validator is not delinquent.
  • Software version: 4.0.0-rc.1 — 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: 10% (jito_commission_bps: 1000, epoch 971) — at the upper threshold permitted under SFDP infrastructure rules (10% Jito MEV commission max).
  • Total APY estimate: 5.93% at epoch 971 (5.81% staking APY + 0.12% Jito MEV component, per Stakewiz total_apy). The 10% Jito MEV commission depresses the Jito component relative to operators charging 0%.
  • Stake-weight bucket: below above_halt_line at epoch 971.

Infrastructure

  • Data center / host: Vultr Holdings, LLC.
  • ASN: AS20473 (Vultr).
  • City: Tokyo, Japan (35.71°N, 139.73°E).
  • TPU IP: 45.77.28.184.
  • Client: Jito client (is_jito: true); software 4.0.0-rc.1 — among the more current releases observed in this wiki's directory at epoch 971.

Decentralization signals

  • ASN concentration: 2.85% (AS20473 Vultr, per Stakewiz, epoch 971) — well below the 25% SFDP infrastructure threshold.
  • City concentration: 5.36% (Tokyo); contributes a -2.12 component score.
  • ASN+city joint concentration: 0.05% — Vultr Tokyo specifically is sparsely populated by other validators.
  • Wiz Score: 83.79 at epoch 971 (per Stakewiz). The composite reflects near-maximum skip-rate, vote-success, and commission component scores, with a modest city-concentration component drag and a stake_weight_score component of 1.94 (out of 15) — a meaningful but non-dominant penalty driven by the validator's 1.36M SOL position.

MEV policy

Solana Compass runs the Jito client and participates in the Jito Block Engine. Jito MEV commission is 10% — at the SFDP infrastructure ceiling — retained by the operator; the remaining 90% 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 242 (per Stakewiz first_epoch_with_stake); operation spans approximately 729 epochs as of epoch 971. With 1.36M SOL of external stake — above the 1,000,000 SOL ceiling at which SFDP residual delegation and 1:1 matching terminate per current Foundation criteria — the validator does not receive Foundation residual delegation under the current parameter set at epoch 971. The external stake position is the dominant source of delegation.

Stake history

  • Active stake: 1,361,705 SOL (0.088% of network, per Stakewiz, epoch 971).
  • Rank in Stakewiz directory: 280 at epoch 971.
  • First epoch with stake: 242 — approximately 729 epochs of stake-bearing operation (roughly 4 years at the current ~2-day epoch cadence), consistent with the operator's self-described October 2021 launch.

Operator homepage

Operator homepage: solanacompass.com/staking — validator profile on Stakewiz: stakewiz.com/validator/EARNynHRWg6GfyJCmrrizcZxARB3HVzcaasvNa8kBS72.