# Signal a 10% Minimum Validator Commission

**URL:** <https://forum.osmosis.zone/t/signal-a-10-minimum-validator-commission/4189>\
**Category:** Proposal Discussion\
**Created:** [October 29, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.osmosis.zone/t/signal-a-10-minimum-validator-commission/4189 "2026-10-29T13:00:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnnyWyles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.osmosis.zone/johnnywyles/32/3114_2.png) [@JohnnyWyles](https://forum.osmosis.zone/u/JohnnyWyles)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.osmosis.zone/t/signal-a-10-minimum-validator-commission/4189/1 "2026-10-29T13:00:08Z")

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This proposal proposes raising the network minimum validator commission from 5% to 10% in a future software upgrade, and bringing every validator currently below 10% up to that level at the upgrade height.

## Background

The network minimum validator commission is 5%. Most validators charge exactly that: 27 of the 30 active validators are below 10%, holding about 94% of bonded stake, and the stake-weighted average commission is about 5.5%.

## Rationale

- **Sustainable validator revenue.** A higher floor lets validators fund secure, reliable infrastructure from commission.
- **Competition on quality.** With a higher floor, validators no longer compete as much on commission, so delegators can choose on reliability and governance participation instead.

## Why this needs a software upgrade

Changing the minimum commission parameter on its own does not affect validators already below it: the minimum is only checked when a validator is created or edits its commission. A validator can also only change its commission by a limited amount each day, and one active validator has a maximum commission below 10%. A parameter change alone would leave most validators at 5%, and unable to edit their commission at all until they reached the new floor.

## Proposed change

The upgrade would:

- set the minimum commission parameter to 10%;
- raise any validator below 10% to 10%;
- raise any validator whose maximum commission is below 10% to a maximum of 10%.

Validators already at or above 10% are unaffected.

## Impact

- **Delegators** to validators currently below 10% pay a higher commission from the upgrade height. At 5% today, the share of staking rewards a delegator keeps falls from 95% to 90%.
- **Validators** below 10% move to 10% without needing to submit any transaction.

## About this proposal

This is a signalling proposal. If it passes, the change is included in a future software upgrade, which will be proposed separately with its own upgrade height.

**Target Onchain Date** : 9th November 2026

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**Author:** ![Sweet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.osmosis.zone/sweet/32/3237_2.png) [@Sweet](https://forum.osmosis.zone/u/Sweet)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.osmosis.zone/t/signal-a-10-minimum-validator-commission/4189/2 "2026-10-29T21:54:29Z")

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Good thing for all people