Super Validator Voting
How do Canton Super Validators vote on governance decisions?
Canton Super Validators vote by name on every DSO governance request, and the record shows near-consensus: of 7305 individual votes cast, only 465 were against, about 6%. The variation is in abstention rather than dissent, and SV-Nodeops-Limited has abstained on 137 requests.
Derived from CCPEDIA's own sync of primary sources. Last updated 2026-10-21.
Per Super Validator
| Super Validator | Votes cast | For | Against | Abstained | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global-Synchronizer-Foundation | 616 | 570 (93%) | 46 | 15 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Digital-Asset-2 | 615 | 569 (93%) | 46 | 16 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| MPC-Holding-Inc | 615 | 580 (94%) | 35 | 15 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Digital-Asset-1 | 607 | 562 (93%) | 45 | 22 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Orb-1-LP-1 | 607 | 576 (95%) | 31 | 14 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Liberty-City-Ventures-1 | 568 | 541 (95%) | 27 | 16 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| C7-Technology-Services-Limited | 559 | 518 (93%) | 41 | 45 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Cumberland-1 | 559 | 536 (96%) | 23 | 72 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Cumberland-2 | 558 | 535 (96%) | 23 | 73 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Five-North-1 | 536 | 497 (93%) | 39 | 48 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| SV-Nodeops-Limited | 494 | 428 (87%) | 66 | 137 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Proof-Group-1 | 489 | 463 (95%) | 26 | 95 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
| Tradeweb-Markets-1 | 482 | 465 (96%) | 17 | 132 | 2025-09 to 2026-10 |
Reading the numbers honestly
A high acceptance rate is not evidence of a rubber stamp. Most requests are routine operational actions, and a proposal that would fail is often not put to a vote at all, so the record captures decisions rather than disagreements.
Vote totals differ between Super Validators because they joined at different times and some were offboarded. A smaller total means a shorter tenure, not lower participation. The active column shows each one's span.
Abstention is recorded on the request rather than as a cast vote, so it is counted in its own column and is not part of the for and against totals.
Common questions
- How do Canton Super Validators vote on governance decisions?
- They vote individually and by name on each DSO request. Across 631 requests, 7329 individual votes have been cast by 15 Super Validators, and only 6% of them were against.
- Do Canton Super Validators ever vote against a proposal?
- Yes, but rarely. 465 of 7305 votes were against. SV-Nodeops-Limited dissents most often, voting no on 13% of the requests it took part in.
- Which Super Validator abstains most on Canton governance?
- SV-Nodeops-Limited, recorded as abstaining on 137 requests. Abstention is recorded on the request itself rather than as a cast vote, so it is counted separately from the for and against totals.
- Are Canton governance votes public?
- Yes. Every vote carries the Super Validator name, whether it accepted, the time it was cast and often a written reason, and all of it is readable from the public Scan API.
- How many governance decisions have Canton Super Validators made?
- 631 vote requests are on record, 576 accepted, 45 rejected and 10 expired without a decision, spanning 2024-06-29 to 2026-10-15.