Changelog
📄 List of changes
Add downloadable Lodestar binaries as an installation option
Reth Execution Client has reached V1.0 and is officially supported.
New guide: Recover ETH Validator Mnemonic Seed
New EthPillar - a friendly TUI for node management! Command line use is greatly reduced. Update your software with a keystroke. Automatically install a minority client (Nethermind + Nimbus) node in minutes!
ethpillar Add Nimbus and Teku standalone beacon node/validator configurations
Useful for rescuenode failover setups or pointing a single validator client at multiple EL/CL nodes for extra redundancy and minimizing supermajority risks
Added Switching / Migration Execution Client guide for both V2 and V1 staking setups
Added Reth Execution Client - Alpha software, yet functional
Created guide on how to connect your wallet software to your own Node's RPC
Re-worked adding new validator keys to existing setup.
Added new Geth how-to for enabling path based state storage. Automated pruning!
Staking setups prior to July 2023: V1 guides (using eth1 and beacon-chain, as systemd service names) can be accessed in the archive section.
Major Version 2 Guides released!
Notable changes include:
Dedicated service account users for execution / consensus / validator
Binaries deployed to /usr/local/bin
Data directory files stored in /var/lib
Options to download pre-built binaries or build from source
Simplified steps for full node non-staking users
Streamlined pre-requisites and node configuration steps
Created guide for How to re-sync using checkpoint sync
Include ETH Withdrawals address as default during validator key generation.
Added MEV-boost guide.
Updated to be mainnet merge ready.
Are you ready for the Merge? Ethereum Merge Upgrade Checklist for Home Stakers and Validators
Updated to use staking-deposit-cli
#TestingTheMerge on Ropsten: New Automated Install Script for the Most Diverse Client: Besu+Lodestar
Guides for Ropsten and Kiln "Merge Testnets"
#TestingTheMerge Guide on Pithos Testnet
Migration Guide with the goal of increasing ClientDiversity: Operation Client Diversity: Migrate Prysm to Teku
Updated besu execution client to use BONSAI format
Restructured guide for improved speed and readability
Added how to check your Validator's Sync Committee duties
Added new Formatting fixes and updated Teku initial state API.
Updated with consensus layer (CL), the execution layer (EL), formerly known as eth2 and eth1.
Added erigon build dependencies.
Added Teku and Lodestar Checkpoint Sync feature, the quickest way to sync a Ethereum beacon chain client.
geth + erigon pruning / Altair hard fork changes / nimbus eth1 fallback
lighthouse + prysm doppelganger protection enabled. Doppelganger protection intentionally misses an epoch on startup and listens for attestations to make sure your keys are not still running on the old validator client.
OpenEthereum will no longer be supported post London hard fork. Gnosis, maintainers of OpenEthereum, suggest users migrate to their new Erigon Ethererum client. Added setup instructions for Erigon under eth1 node section.
Updated staking-deposit-cli and added section on eth1 withdrawal address
Added generating mnemonic seeds on Tails OS by punggolzenith
Iancoleman.io BLS12-381 Key Generation Tool how-to added
Testnet guide forked for Prater testnet staking
Geth pruning guide created
Major changes to Lodestar guide
Additional Grafana Dashboards for Prysm, Lighthouse and Nimbus
Validator Security Best Practices added
Translations now available for Japanese, Chinese and Spanish (access by changing site language)
Generate keystore files on Ledger Nano X, Nano S and Trezor Model T with tool from allnodes.com
Batch deposit tool by abyss.finance now added
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