# Validators

*Edition 1 of 12 November 2026, drawn from THE REGISTER, edition 1 (fingerprint 577b3f6f8e34c2a4).*

- **Validators bonded today**: *read live on the page: https://docs.nvxo.network/#network*
- **Enforced by consensus**: A limit on validators that the order has ratified is enforced by consensus itself. A limit kept only on paper is not yet a limit. Today: the count of 180 only; no floor and no cap of the bond are set (record of 10 September 2026) (Register, article 11)
- **Before a mainnet’s name**: The chain takes a mainnet's name with no fewer than seven validators, on at least three machines under at least three operators. The path from seven to twenty-one by the first halving is written into the law with its dates. Today: one validator on one machine (read 12 November 2026) (Register, article 17)
- **Law, not yet enforced**: Consensus enforces the bond's floor of 280,000 and cap of 2,800,000, and holds the top quarter of validators to at most 40% of all stake. The bond's term is not set by this article: it is researched and brought on the validators' day. Today: the count of 180 only (record of 10 September 2026) (Register, article 18)

How a new validator joins is written when the set opens beyond one.