Changelog

A new page, Native Restaking, on the Rated Explorer is now available, dedicated to detailed restaking stats. This enhancement provides users with access to comprehensive metrics surrounding the Ethereum native restaking ecosystem. Key metrics featured include:

• Total amount of ETH natively restaked

• Percentage of the validator fleet natively restaked at the operator level and their market share

• RAVER of validators at an operator level engaged in native restaking

To further aid in the visibility and understanding of native restaking participation, a restaking icon has been introduced in the operators list view. This icon serves as a quick visual indicator of which operators are actively participating in native restaking.

As the restaking ecosystem continues to evolve and mature, we are committed to regularly updating and enriching this data.

Restaking dashboard 👉 explorer.rated.network/restaking

If you’d like support or have questions, please reach out via hello@rated.network. If you have feedback, please let us know via feedback.rated.network! 

We've addressed an issue affecting the blocks endpoint, which resulted in the overstated reporting of execution layer rewards for a subset of blocks proposed via mev-boost.

This discrepancy was identified in cases where proposers were partially compensated by builders through internal transactions, with failed payments not being excluded from the calculations.

To rectify this, we've implemented a filter to exclude these failed transaction traces, and performed a comprehensive refresh of the blocks endpoint data. The columns updated include baseline_mev, execution_rewards, missed_execution_rewards, total_rewards, and total_rewards_missed.

Impacted endpoints 👇

• /v0/eth/blocks

• /v0/eth/blocks/{consensus_slot}

This fix was applied retroactively (on 13th March 2024 at 8:43PM UTC) and impacts less than 0.5% of all blocks since the merge.

If you’d like support or have questions, please reach out via hello@rated.network. If you have feedback, please let us know via feedback.rated.network! 

In preparation for the Dencun Upgrade on Ethereum slated for 13th March, we are introducing the following changes to the API:

• We’re tracking the count of type 3 transactions (0x03; blob transactions) and the corresponding fees related to these transactions in the blocks endpoint. Impacted endpoints:

  • /v0/eth/blocks

  • /v0/eth/blocks/{consensus_slot}

• Accordingly, the validator rewards from these transactions are tracked in all our rewards endpoints which ensures we are accounting for all rewards that validators receive. Impacted endpoints:

  • /v0/eth/validators/{validator_index_or_pubkey}/effectiveness

  • /v0/eth/validators/effectiveness

  • /v0/eth/validators/{validator_index_or_pubkey}/apr

  • /v0/eth/operators/{operator_id}/effectiveness

  • /v0/eth/operators/{operator_id}/apr

  • /v0/eth/network/overview
    

Important links 👇

• API Reference: https://api-docs.rated.network/rated-api/api-reference

• Glossary: https://api-docs.rated.network/rated-api/glossary/ethereum/blocks
  

If you’d like support or have questions, please reach out via hello@rated.network. If you have feedback, please let us know via feedback.rated.network! 

We've revamped the Rated Explorer, enhancing design and functionality for a better user experience. Key updates include a cleaner interface for efficient data access, intuitive navigation across networks, and improved sorting. The search feature is also upgraded for easier discovery of pool operators, addresses, or indices.

The explorer also got its own dedicated namespace in 👉 explorer.rated.network

Following the launch, navigating to rated.network will direct users to Rated's homepage. Access to all explorer pages will require visiting explorer.rated.network (bookmark for ease of access!).

If you’d like support or have questions, please reach out via hello@rated.network. If you have feedback, please let us know via feedback.rated.network!

We've launched a Python SDK for the Rated APIs to make integrating with our data easier and faster. The SDK support comes on Ethereum first with plans to add other networks in the coming weeks.

Important links 👇

• Rated API Python SDK documentation: https://github.com/rated-network/rated-python 

• PyPI library: https://pypi.org/project/rated-python/

The Rated API Python SDK comes with examples for straightforward tasks, including retrieving operator summaries, APR, effectiveness, and network statistics. 

We will be adding more complex scenarios such as performance benchmarking, rewards accounting, incident troubleshooting amongst others soon™.

If you’d like support or have questions, please reach out via hello@rated.network. If you have feedback, please let us know via feedback.rated.network! 

We've adjusted the Compute Unit (CU) formula to better reflect the processing demands on Rated for generating the data. 

What’s changed?

Initially, a constant weight of 32 was applied as a denominator to the content length, resulting in the formula:

Compute Units =  (Content Length Bytes/32) + (Item Count x Business Value)

We've modified this approach to incorporate variable weights, which better account for the processing costs associated with producing this data. The new formula is:

Compute Units =  (Content Length Bytes/Weight) + (Item Count x Business Value)

Downstream impact on a per endpoint basis

This update changes the overall CU requirement to query certain endpoints that the Rated API supports, and are effective as of today. The updated weights, on a per endpoint basis, are available here.

If you’d like support or have questions, please reach out via hello@rated.network.

We have updated our list of solo-staker associated addresses to include another ~1.1k deposit addresses we identified, after collating all the feedback we received following the STRK airdrop announcement.

You can find the updated list in this repo: https://github.com/rated-network/solo-stakers 

We have updated the heuristics that underlie the model, and done a lot of manual validation work drawing from various datasets available to us (e.g. EL activity patterns, gossip messages). The additional ~1.1k addresses represent an additional 15% to all the addresses that we had previously tagged as “high confidence solo-stakers”.

The updated list still respects the original definition of a solo-staker as outlined in this blog post.

This implies that addresses associated with validators that run on whitelabel providers are still not included. The same stands for validators that have been reported to us by Node Operator entities via the Self Report API. Finally, the list does not include “whales” that appear to run a very large number of validators in professional-looking setups, but with no clear association to any of the known to us operators, whether that be implicit or explicit.

Finally the list still considers validators up to index 500,000 and no further. 

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We are excited to announce updates to the Rated API pricing and the introduction of a new tier to better serve our diverse user base. These changes are designed to provide more flexibility to different users' needs and usage patterns. 

• Free Tier Update:

  • Previous Allowance: 100,000 compute units per month.

  • New Policy: 100,000 compute units lifetime allowance.

• Introduction of Starter Tier:

  • Allowance: 100,000 base compute units per month.

  • Rate Limit: 2 requests per second, with no limit on the number of requests. 

• Sunsetting of Pro Tier:

  • In response to user feedback, the Pro Tier will be discontinued. Users have expressed a preference for the Enterprise Tier, which offers greater flexibility and is better suited to their needs.

The Terms of Service have been updated to reflect these changes. These updates took effect on February 13, 2024. Users are encouraged to review the new terms. 

You can view the plans in detail by visiting the console or docs.

If you’d like support or have questions, please reach out via hello@rated.network.