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.

🆕 Announcements

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

Archived here, this guide is for historical reference purposes.

New staking setups should follow the V2 guides.

Always test and practice on testnet first. Mainnet guide available here.

👍 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:

GitHub - coincashew/coincashew: Your source for EthPillar, Ethereum Staking, Cardano Stake Pool GuidesGitHub

⭐ 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, 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

🛡️ Built by home-stakers for home-stakers. 🙏