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# Requirements and rewards for XSAT Validators

### Requirements for XSAT Validator

XSAT Validators must stake a minimum of 2100 $XSAT to qualify as a **XSAT Validator**. These XSAT token is not allowed to be raised through delegated staking from the community.

### XSAT rewards received

If the Bitcoin block hash submitted by a XSAT Validator matches the final exSat consensus, the XSAT Validator will receive the reward for that block.

XSAT Validators receive 20% of the block rewards, which are evenly distributed among all XSAT Validators submitted right block hash.

The rewards for an XSAT Validator can be [claimed ](/guides-of-data-consensus/others/operation-references/validator-operations/stake-for-validator-via-xbtc-staking-or-xsat-staking.md)by the EVM address that staked 2,100 $XSAT to qualify the Validator.