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!

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• 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

• Added Holesky testnet staking guide

• 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

• Created guide to Updating 0x00 -> 0x01 Withdrawal keys with Ethdo for Shapella Upgrade

• Added disk usage numbers by EL CL combination

• 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.

• Added Mobile App Node Monitoring by beaconcha.in

• 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