# Week 28 Status for validator

**URL:** <https://forum.datafdn.org/t/week-28-status-for-validator/37123>\
**Category:** Status\
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.datafdn.org/t/week-28-status-for-validator/37123 "2025-07-14T10:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![timtimtim](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.datafdn.org/timtimtim/32/13811_2.png) [@timtimtim](https://forum.datafdn.org/u/timtimtim)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.datafdn.org/t/week-28-status-for-validator/37123/1 "2025-07-14T10:03:14Z")

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> **[Week 28 Validator Stats](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o17PEWEVzWYSgurU9PzOpuBConB6-xM3KsU0xQtVKb4/edit?usp=sharing)**
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> This Sheet is private

1. **High Overall Uptime:** The 87.5% of validators in the dataset maintained very high average uptime during Week 28. The most common uptime range was between 99.5% and 100%. Some of the bottom 10 happened due to changing of active set position. We had one validator got jailed this week, MPC Vault. Also this week **Pectra upgrade** is activated on Mainnet.
2. **Voting Power (VP) Changes:** There was a net increase of 2,183,647 in voting power this week, with 3,072 unstaked and 2,186,719 newly staked.
3. **Delegator Changes:** The number of delegators increased by 2 this week, moving from 582 to 584, a 0.04% decrease week by week.

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**Author:** ![IgorK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@IgorK](https://forum.datafdn.org/u/IgorK)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.datafdn.org/t/week-28-status-for-validator/37123/2 "2025-08-04T09:18:20Z")

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It’s a bit disheartening to see these numbers. Given that validators are operating on Story’s delegation, is there a plan to actively grow the user base or work toward product market fit? Right now it feels like stagnation, curious if there’s a clear strategy to address it.