40% of Sui Validators Exposed
Why Sui’s Poor Hygiene Puts Consensus, and User Assets, at Risk
Protecting the Decentralized Edge with PGDN
Most people assume validator infrastructure is secure by default. The (potential) future of banking should be secure right? With all the recent crypto breaches, we assumed things would be protected. What we actually found was quite a shock. PGDN is an AI-powered platform built to protect the decentralized edge, not by reacting to threats, but by proactively surfacing the weak points that make them possible. PGDN is an agentic detection system: a purpose-built infrastructure intelligence layer...
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40% of Sui Validators Exposed
Why Sui’s Poor Hygiene Puts Consensus, and User Assets, at Risk
Protecting the Decentralized Edge with PGDN
Most people assume validator infrastructure is secure by default. The (potential) future of banking should be secure right? With all the recent crypto breaches, we assumed things would be protected. What we actually found was quite a shock. PGDN is an AI-powered platform built to protect the decentralized edge, not by reacting to threats, but by proactively surfacing the weak points that make them possible. PGDN is an agentic detection system: a purpose-built infrastructure intelligence layer...
Publishing Infrastructure Scores
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Decentralization is only as strong as its validators. Misconfigured or exposed nodes can introduce risks that affect the entire network. That’s why at PGDN we’re publishing transparent validator security benchmarks to give operators and communities the tools to improve.
👉 Interactive Heatmap: https://pgdn.ai/heatmaps/2025-09-sui
👉 Full Report: https://github.com/pgdn-network/pgdn-research/blob/main/reports/2025-09-sui.md
👉 Research Repo: https://pgdn.ai/research/2025-09-research-sui
Validators scored on a 0–100 scale.
Median score: 45%
Highest observed score: 93%
Lowest observed score: 15%
18.5% of validators met or exceeded our “good practice” threshold of 70.
Hostname | Cohort | Score |
|---|---|---|
sui-main.astrostakers.com | validator | 93% |
suimain01.chainflow.io | validator | 85% |
sui-validator-mainnet.omnistake.com | validator | 85% |
validator-sui-mainnet.blrd.inc | validator | 85% |
sui-main.everstake.one | validator | 85% |
sui-m-v.bwarelabs.com | validator | 85% |
validator.sui.mainnet.encapsulate.xyz | validator | 85% |
sui-mainnet-validator.sentio.xyz | validator | 80% |
Hostname | Cohort | Score |
|---|---|---|
sui-mainnet.staketab.com | validator | 15% |
sui-mainnet.nodeinfra.com | public_rpc | 15% |
sui.swiss-staking.ch | validator | 15% |
rbr-1.mainet.sui.io | validator | 15% |
sui-mainnet.overclock.run | validator | 15% |
sui.nodeguardians.io | validator | 15% |
sui-mainnet.n1stake.com | validator | 15% |
sui.manystake.com | validator | 15% |
suimain1.syncnode.ro |
To make this benchmark actionable, we’ve launched the PGDN Sentinel Discord Bot:
Query validator scores directly in Discord
Trigger rescans instantly
Claim ownership to unlock enhanced analytics
👉 [Add the bot to Discord – invite link]
We’ll refresh this dataset every month, building a public archive of validator security benchmarks across multiple protocols. Transparency + tools = stronger decentralized infrastructure.
Decentralization is only as strong as its validators. Misconfigured or exposed nodes can introduce risks that affect the entire network. That’s why at PGDN we’re publishing transparent validator security benchmarks to give operators and communities the tools to improve.
👉 Interactive Heatmap: https://pgdn.ai/heatmaps/2025-09-sui
👉 Full Report: https://github.com/pgdn-network/pgdn-research/blob/main/reports/2025-09-sui.md
👉 Research Repo: https://pgdn.ai/research/2025-09-research-sui
Validators scored on a 0–100 scale.
Median score: 45%
Highest observed score: 93%
Lowest observed score: 15%
18.5% of validators met or exceeded our “good practice” threshold of 70.
Hostname | Cohort | Score |
|---|---|---|
sui-main.astrostakers.com | validator | 93% |
suimain01.chainflow.io | validator | 85% |
sui-validator-mainnet.omnistake.com | validator | 85% |
validator-sui-mainnet.blrd.inc | validator | 85% |
sui-main.everstake.one | validator | 85% |
sui-m-v.bwarelabs.com | validator | 85% |
validator.sui.mainnet.encapsulate.xyz | validator | 85% |
sui-mainnet-validator.sentio.xyz | validator | 80% |
Hostname | Cohort | Score |
|---|---|---|
sui-mainnet.staketab.com | validator | 15% |
sui-mainnet.nodeinfra.com | public_rpc | 15% |
sui.swiss-staking.ch | validator | 15% |
rbr-1.mainet.sui.io | validator | 15% |
sui-mainnet.overclock.run | validator | 15% |
sui.nodeguardians.io | validator | 15% |
sui-mainnet.n1stake.com | validator | 15% |
sui.manystake.com | validator | 15% |
suimain1.syncnode.ro |
To make this benchmark actionable, we’ve launched the PGDN Sentinel Discord Bot:
Query validator scores directly in Discord
Trigger rescans instantly
Claim ownership to unlock enhanced analytics
👉 [Add the bot to Discord – invite link]
We’ll refresh this dataset every month, building a public archive of validator security benchmarks across multiple protocols. Transparency + tools = stronger decentralized infrastructure.
validator |
80% |
mainnet.validator.karrier.one | validator | 80% |
validator |
15% |
sui-mainnet-validator.ankr.com | validator | 15% |
validator |
80% |
mainnet.validator.karrier.one | validator | 80% |
validator |
15% |
sui-mainnet-validator.ankr.com | validator | 15% |
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