Wallets show a validator's displayed commission. We show what's actually applied at the era snapshot — so commission-sniping bots and dead validators have nowhere to hide. Every flag links to the on-chain transaction.
A "commission sniper" displays a friendly low rate (e.g. 20%) but flips it to 90% for the few minutes each era's rewards are snapshotted, then flips back. Wallets show the 20%. We reconstruct the value that was actually live at the era snapshot from the validator's on-chain staking.validate transactions — and link every change so you can verify it yourself.
Every nominator of a validator earns the same reward-per-stake. We sample real stakers' payouts to show the yield you'd actually earn — which already bakes in commission and performance, even when a validator hasn't set an on-chain commission.
Some validators hold big stake but produce nothing, paying their stakers ~0. We flag them and, where we can, show when they last paid.
Reef Watch reports facts from public on-chain data — displayed vs applied commission, change timestamps, measured payouts. It makes no accusations beyond what the chain shows. Not financial advice; verify via the linked transactions before nominating.