# Sui Validator Security Benchmark

> September 2025

**Published by:** [PGDN Network News](https://paragraph.com/@pgdn/)
**Published on:** 2025-09-24
**Categories:** sui, validators, staking, blockchainsecurity, pgdn, depin, transparency, web3infrastructure
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@pgdn/sui-validator-security-benchmark

## Content

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 Key Highlights (September 2025)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. Top 10 Validators (by score)HostnameCohortScoresui-main.astrostakers.comvalidator93%suimain01.chainflow.iovalidator85%sui-validator-mainnet.omnistake.comvalidator85%validator-sui-mainnet.blrd.incvalidator85%sui-main.everstake.onevalidator85%sui-m-v.bwarelabs.comvalidator85%validator.sui.mainnet.encapsulate.xyzvalidator85%sui-mainnet-validator.sentio.xyzvalidator80%sui.midl.devvalidator80%mainnet.validator.karrier.onevalidator80% Bottom 10 Validators (by score)HostnameCohortScoresui-mainnet.staketab.comvalidator15%sui-mainnet.nodeinfra.compublic_rpc15%sui.swiss-staking.chvalidator15%rbr-1.mainet.sui.iovalidator15%sui-mainnet.overclock.runvalidator15%sui.nodeguardians.iovalidator15%sui-mainnet.n1stake.comvalidator15%sui.manystake.comvalidator15%suimain1.syncnode.rovalidator15%sui-mainnet-validator.ankr.comvalidator15% Tools for ValidatorsTo make this benchmark actionable, we’ve launched the PGDN Sentinel Discord Bot:Query validator scores directly in DiscordTrigger rescans instantlyClaim ownership to unlock enhanced analytics [Add the bot to Discord – invite link] Looking AheadWe’ll refresh this dataset every month, building a public archive of validator security benchmarks across multiple protocols. Transparency + tools = stronger decentralized infrastructure.

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