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Validator

What crypto means by it

A node that proposes and confirms blocks, and earns fees for doing it honestly. Misbehave and the stake it put up is taken away.

What you already know this as

A clearing bank in the settlement process, with a performance bond it forfeits for getting it wrong.

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