Next Steps
Last updated
Last updated
Patience required: If you're checking the logs and see any warnings or errors, please be patient as these will normally resolve once both your execution and consensus clients are fully synced to the Ethereum network.\
How do I know I'm fully synced?
Check your execution client's logs and compare the block number against the most recent block on
Check EL logs: journalctl -fu execution
Check your consensus client's logs and compare the slot number against the most recent slot on
Check CL logs: journalctl -fu consensus
Congrats! You've finished the primary steps of setting up your validator. You're now an Ethereum staker!
Subscribe to your Execution Client and Consensus Client's Github repository to be notified of new releases. Find the Github links on each EL/CL's Overview section. At your EL or CL's github page while logged in, click the Watch button > Custom > click the checkbox for "Release".
Join the to discuss all things staking related.
Familiarize yourself with section, as you'll need to keep your staking node running at its best.
Up your staking understanding with the .
Review your staking validator backups!
Finished testing? Before decommissioning your validator, it's good practice to properly as this improves staking network health.
Support us on Gitcoin Grants: We build this guide exclusively by community support!
I stand upon the shoulders of giants and as such, invite you to stand upon mine. Use my work with or without attribution; I make no claim of "intellectual property." My ideas are the result of countless millenia of evolution - they belong to humanity.
Setup for extra staking rewards!
Setup
Setup
Setup
Familiarize yourself with section, as you dive deeper into staking.
Find Ethstaker frens on the Discord and Discord.
Use reddit: , or , or
Audience-funded guide: If you found this helpful,
Feedback or pull-requests: