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# Validator Programs

The Meta Pool Validators Program is designed to expand decentralization and strengthen the validator ecosystem within the NEAR Protocol.

Through different subprograms — ENO’s, PNO’s, Node Studio, and DappNode — Meta Pool enables organizations, professional operators, and individual users to participate in network validation according to their experience level and technical capacity.

The program distributes delegations from Meta Pool’s to validators who meet transparency and performance criteria, ensuring both economic sustainability and geographic diversity across the NEAR network.

**Node Studio cohorts**

Node Studio is documented as shared program material with separate cohort pages (**Program #1**, **#2**, **#3**). Program #1 is **closed/historical**; #2/#3 pages keep cohort-specific published terms (including historical fee/delegation figures). Live product and current marketing: [nodestudio.metapool.app](https://nodestudio.metapool.app/).