# Validator Accounts

Validators can be seen as entities that vote on (i.e. validate) if a proposal/claim should pass. They are meant to act on the pallet as decentralized controlling bodies which facilitate the transparent and fair carbon credit marketplace.&#x20;

These entities are subjugated to penalizations and they only generate profits off of the primary sales (i.e. sales made from the project owner to another entity) and off of the secondary sales (i.e. sales made between other entities).
