The Economics of Running a Validator Node in 2026

Running a validator node in 2026 means earning staking rewards, transaction fees, and MEV income — with Ethereum validators earning 3.9-5.1% APR across 1.2M+ active validators globally. Autheo's current node sale is exclusively for validator nodes that earn THEO emissions for securing consensus, with compute, storage, and AI inference capabilities planned for future network phases.