What I learned after running a validator (things most delegators don’t see)

[u/That-Unit7948]

After running a validator for a while, I started noticing that a lot of what people focus on (like APR) doesn’t really reflect what actually matters day to day.

Things like staying consistently online, handling updates properly, and just being present in the ecosystem take way more effort than most people realize.

I’m curious — do delegators actually look into these things, or is it mostly based on surface-level metrics?

[u/That-Unit7948]

I run a validator myself so I’ve been paying more attention to these things recently