Review your nominations NOW.

After the Kusama active validator set was reduced from 1,000 to 700 validators, the remaining validators are already benefiting from roughly 30% higher rewards. That should have been more than enough.

Instead, some validators have chosen to exploit their nominators by setting outrageous commission rates of 50%, 70%, and even 85%. These commissions have nothing to do with covering operating costs, they are simply extracting as much value as possible from the people who trust them.

There is no excuse for this kind of greed.

If a validator believes taking the vast majority of a nominator’s rewards is acceptable, they do not deserve the community’s support.

Please check your nominations, review validator commissions regularly, and stop nominating validators who abuse their position.

I also want to ask everyone with a strong presence on X, Telegram, Discord, Reddit, and other community channels to spread this message. Many nominators have no idea their rewards are being drained by these excessive commissions.

The best way to stop this behavior is simple: inform the community and remove support from validators who exploit their nominators. A healthy Kusama ecosystem depends on transparency, accountability, and fair competition—not on rewarding opportunistic behavior.