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# Guide Version 1 | How to setup a validator for Ethereum staking on testnet GOERLI

Become a validator and help secure Ethereum, a proof-of-stake blockchain. Anyone with 32 ETH can join.

## :new: Announcements

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As of July 4 2023, this is the **V1 GOERLI** guide written for **post-🦉Shapella**🦉

Archived here, this guide is for historical reference purposes.
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**New staking setups** should follow the [**V2 guides.**](/coins/overview-eth/archived-guides/guide-or-how-to-setup-a-validator-on-eth2-testnet-prater-1.md)
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**Always test and practice on testnet first.** [**Mainnet guide available here.**](/coins/overview-eth/guide-or-how-to-setup-a-validator-on-eth2-mainnet.md)
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## :thumbsup: Your Github Contributions Welcome

This guide is fully open source and fully powered by home-stakers like you.

Pull requests or issues can be submitted on [github](https://github.com/coincashew/coincashew):

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## :star: Installation Overview

Installation is a 5 step process. From start to finish, time to complete these steps can take up to a few hours. Fully syncing the node can take a day.

Rest assured, as you become more familiar and more comfortable by practicing on [testnet](/coins/overview-eth/archived-guides/guide-or-how-to-setup-a-validator-on-eth2-testnet-prater.md), you are now proudly on the path towards the gold standard of ETH solo-staking.

* Step 1: Prerequisites
* Step 2: Configuring Node
* Step 3: Setting up Validator Keys
* Step 4: Installing execution client
* Step 5: Installing consensus client

#### :shield: Built by home-stakers for home-stakers. :pray:


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