H2O Nodes

Delegate your assets, earn staking rewards

Participate in network consensus and earn rewards by delegating stake to H2O Nodes. Our validators boost network performance and decentralization, while our people work to build up the network’s ecosystem.

Why Delegated Staking?

Easy, no-fuss staking rewards

Earn rewards while securing your favorite networks, by staking to our validators.

Secure, Non-custodial

Staking is fully non-custodial, meaning that your funds remain yours. A security-first posture and industry best practices ensures our validators remain safe and available for use.

Uncompromising Uptime

Maximum uptime is ensured by our high-availability hardware, located in tier-1 data centers, which is continuously monitored.

Robust Hardware and Certified Data Centers

High Performance Bare Metal

AMD EPYC & Ryzen

High Performance CPUs

Proxmox Clusters

Guarantee fault tolerance against hardware failures

Quad 10 GigE

network interfaces

PCIe Gen4

Enterprise Grade SSDs

1TB RAM

ECC Memory

Backups & Protection

Nightly backups, DDoS protection, and more provided by our ISP

Telehouse Deutschland

Frankfurt, Germany

ISO 27001

Certified

PCI DSS

Certified

Direct Connections

To DE-CIX and AMX-IX internet exchanges

IDW PS951

Certified

100 Gigabit Connections

Multiple connections (Deutsche Telekom, Lumen, etc.)

100%

Renewable Energy

Client Diversity

We make a commitment to strengthen the networks we operate on. Where possible, this means running minority clients. On Ethereum, we run Nimbus & Nethermind where possible. On Solana, we are one of the first validators to run Firedancer on mainnet.

The Support You Need

Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Guarantee your returns by removing risk and aligning our interests.

Custom Rewards Reporting

Understand your rewards and prepare for tax filings.

External Partnerships

Connect with custody and tax providers in Germany and Austria.

Private & Whitelabel Validators

Represent your brand or ensure your privacy with our custom validators.

Total Transparency

Get updated about changes to our infrastructure, before they happen.

Governance Participation

Express your opinion on governance votes, and we’ll vote accordingly.

What our Partners are saying

H2O Nodes consistently shows strong performance, responsiveness, and expertise utilizing Obol and SSV DVT. I look forward to seeing the continued growth of H2O Nodes over the coming years.

Will Shannon

Lido, Node Operations Management

Max and team at H2O were instrumental in providing us with critical feedback related to Scale3’s node monitoring product, Autopilot. If you are staking or interested in staking, you should definitely reach out to them.

Karthik Kalyanaraman

Scale3 Labs, Cofounder & CTO

H2O Nodes has proven to be a dependable and skilled Node Operator, especially in running Obol Distributed Validators. The team's involvement with the early versions of Obol DVs highlights their technical proficiency and dedication to innovation.

Chris Battenfield

DV Labs, Head of Product

Delegated Staking FAQ