# Graduation

Graduation is the key milestone for a validator in the Seba protocol. It signifies the shift from active participation to continuous reward collection.

A validator graduates after meeting <mark style="color:green;">two key conditions</mark>:

1. Completing the entire graduation period without violating fee address requirements and with strong attestation performance.
2. Include the validator ID as a ticker in a valid <mark style="color:yellow;">Heroglyphs</mark> block graffiti (e.g., #seba12345) after the validator's graduation period has ended and make sure the **execution reward of the block** goes to the Seba pool.

### Graduation Rewards

Graduation rewards come in the form of shares in the <mark style="color:green;">pybSeba</mark> Vault:

* The number of shares is determined by the validator’s total attestation rewards during the period, multiplied by any applicable boost factor (up to 3.0x).
* The calculation accounts for effective balance, meaning validators with more staked ETH earn proportionally more shares. However, missed attestations reduce the total, promoting optimal performance.

### Can a Validator ID Graduate multiple times?

Graduation occurs only once per validator ID. After graduating, a validator cannot gain more shares for that ID, but they can start a new validator and join again.


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