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Choosing an orchestrator is the most consequential decision you make as a delegator. A well-run operator with consistent reward calls and fair commission earns you meaningful returns; a poorly run one can earn you nothing even with an attractive headline commission. Do this work in the Explorer before you bond.

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Before you start

You need LPT on Arbitrum One, a little ETH there for gas, and a wallet connected to the Explorer. If that’s not done yet, see Acquire LPT on Arbitrum.

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Step 1 — Confirm active-set status

In the Explorer, filter to currently active orchestrators and open each candidate’s profile. If an operator isn’t active now, your stake helps them compete for activation but earns no round rewards until they’re active.

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Step 2 — Check reward-call reliability

This is the first real quality gate — check it before commission or branding. Look at the recent reward-call history.
Strong signalWeak signal
Near-perfect reward calling across recent roundsFrequent missed rounds
No recent streak of missesLong gaps
No sign of being underfunded for gas or absentRecent inactivity with no recovery
A missed reward() means the whole delegator pool simply misses that round’s inflation — there’s no catch-up. Common causes are operator downtime, poor automation, or running out of gas.

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Step 3 — Compare commission terms

Two settings, moving in opposite directions for you:
  • rewardCut — the % of inflationary LPT the orchestrator keeps. Lower is better. 10% means delegators share the other 90%.
  • feeShare — the % of ETH fees passed to delegators. Higher is better. 80% means delegators share 80% of fee revenue.
Current Explorer surfaces show Fee Share (passed to delegators), not “fee cut.” So for fee share, higher is better; for reward cut, lower is better. Don’t let a great rewardCut distract you from weak reliability (Step 2).

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Step 4 — Check concentration and resilience

After reliability and commission, look at how much of total bonded stake the operator already controls:
  • Are they comfortably active, or just above the cutoff?
  • Are they already highly dominant?
  • Are you comfortable adding to that concentration?
From a pure-yield view, big operators aren’t automatically better. From a network-health view, delegating only to already-dominant operators worsens centralization.

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Step 5 — Look for durability

For meaningful positions, also weigh: how long they’ve been active, visible governance participation, whether they communicate publicly, and whether their history shows consistency rather than one good month.

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Selection checklist

  • currently active
  • reliable recent reward-call history
  • acceptable rewardCut (lower is better)
  • acceptable feeShare (higher is better)
  • not uncomfortably concentrated
  • durable enough for your risk tolerance

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Common questions

No. One bonded position maps to one orchestrator per wallet. Use separate wallets to split.
Your stake stays bonded but stops earning round rewards until they return or you redelegate.
A small, reusable Arbitrum ETH balance for the initial delegation plus later claims, redelegation, or unbonding. Think “small reusable balance,” not a fixed dollar amount.

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Next

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