Ethereum’s active validator count fell 2.5% over seven days to roughly 863,000, even as the amount of $ETH staked on the network edged higher, according to Beaconcha.in.
The explorer’s dashboard showed 862,818 active validators and 43.74 million staked $ETH on Oct. 6. Staked $ETH was up 0.08% over the same seven-day period.
Ethereum’s staking rules allow these measures to diverge: operators can combine several validators into one with a larger balance while keeping their $ETH staked. That makes a shrinking validator count compatible with a growing pool of stake.
