Nominator

A nominator, also called a delegator, owns TAO and delegates it to validators who act as delegatees . They support the network by backing validators with their stake while keeping control of their tokens. The minimum required stake is 0.1 TAO.

When nominators delegate TAO, they increase a validator's effective stake. Their tokens stay in their own wallet, and they can unstake them when they choose. Nominators earn rewards based on their delegated amount and the validator's performance.

Rewards are shared between validators and their nominators:

• Validators keep 18% of rewards by default (based on the validator's take)
• The remaining 82% is split among nominators
• The split depends on each nominator's stake amount