# AndrewInUA

> Independent Solana validator from Ukraine, operated by Andrii (a former journalist and communications specialist) since March 2022 on testnet and since 16 August 2023 on mainnet. 0% commission, 0% MEV commission. Participant of the Solana Foundation Delegation Program. Builds plain-language tools for people who stake SOL.

## Validator facts

- Name: AndrewInUA
- Vote account: 3QPGLackJy5LKctYYoPGmA4P8ncyE197jdxr1zP2ho8K
- Identity: Av8EnYrPBnSJHK5e2wmTdnCpSy7nzmBgyFaUKSyLnBfe
- Commission on staking rewards: 0%. MEV commission (Jito): 0%.
- Mainnet since 16 August 2023 (Solana Foundation Delegation Program). Testnet node since March 2022, still maintained.
- Infrastructure: bare-metal server in Germany with a synced hot-spare server; DoubleZero network (since September 2025); Jito BAM block engine (since January 2026); member of the Alpenglow community testnet (since August 2026).
- Live metrics (JSON, refreshed every 15 minutes, source Stakewiz): https://andrewinua.com/api/metrics.json
- Stake composition by pool (JSON): https://andrewinua.com/api/stake.json
- Independent verification: https://stakewiz.com/validator/3QPGLackJy5LKctYYoPGmA4P8ncyE197jdxr1zP2ho8K

## How to stake SOL with this validator

Delegate from any Solana wallet with staking (Phantom, Solflare, Backpack): open staking, search for "AndrewInUA" or paste the vote account, choose an amount and confirm. Staking is non-custodial: SOL never leaves the wallet, and stake can be withdrawn at any time (about one epoch cooldown). Details: https://andrewinua.com/#delegate

## Tools and projects

- Validator Transparency Dashboard: compare any Solana mainnet validator in plain language. https://www.opensolanahub.com/compare/
- Stake health: read-only checkup of native stake for delegators (how much is staked, last-epoch payout, verdict). https://www.opensolanahub.com/compare/mystake.html and Telegram bot https://t.me/stake_health_bot
- Open Solana Hub: Solana explained in plain English and Ukrainian, with news and the dashboard. https://www.opensolanahub.com
- Validator Metrics Widget (open source): https://github.com/AndrewInUA/solana-validator-metrics-html-widget
- Solana Validator Resources (guides): https://github.com/AndrewInUA/solana-validator-resources
- Vault Invoices Checker (Bash tool for The Vault programme): https://github.com/AndrewInUA/vault-invoices-checker
- Recipe Book (School of Solana final project, Devnet): https://recipe-book-solana.vercel.app

## Milestones

Full timeline with dates: https://andrewinua.com/#timeline

- March 2022: testnet validator launched, weeks after russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
- 5 November 2022: joined the Solana Ukrainian validators community.
- 16 August 2023: mainnet, approved for the Solana Foundation Delegation Program.
- April 2024: first stake from a stake pool. 11 November 2024: first Jito stake.
- 17 July 2025: accepted into The Vault stake pool. July to September 2025: School of Solana (Ackee Blockchain), certificate.
- Spring 2026: Superteam Ukraine Startup Terminal and the Colosseum Frontier hackathon (Validator Transparency Dashboard). April 2026: member of Superteam Ukraine.
- June 2026: Open Solana Hub launched. August 2026: Alpenglow community testnet. 26-27 August 2026: Solana Summit Serbia, Belgrade.
- September 2026: Crypto World's Fair hackathon (Colosseum), Stake health live.

## Contact

- Website: https://andrewinua.com
- X: https://x.com/Andrew_In_UA
- Telegram: https://t.me/AndrewInUA
- GitHub: https://github.com/AndrewInUA
- Email: andrewkyivzpua@gmail.com