Ethereum validator

Validators can be added to consensus clients if 32 ETH have been sent to the deposit contract.

• Activation time (4 - 8 hours): https://lighthouse-book.sigmaprime.io/faq.html#why-does-it-take-so-long-for-a-validator-to-be-activated
  • Beacon nodes follow the execution chain at a distance of 1,024 blocks (~4 hours)
  • ETH1_VOTING_PERIOD is defined as 32 epochs (~3.4 hours)

• MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE: 32 ETH on mainnet, usually 3.2 ETH on testnets

There is no advantage to having more than 32 ETH staked.

Clients

• lighthouse validator_client or vc
• Teku

Related

• Shanghai upgrade
• rated.network
• Beacon Chain
• lighthouse validator client (vc)
• DVT
• Attestations

See also

• Validator, Ethereum validator, Validator effectiveness, Agoric validator, Attestation Reward Scale, Attestation aggregation, Validator key, Slashed, SSV, Distributed validators, Fee recipient, Validator index, Proposer
• Ethereum 2.0, API, Ethereum tasks, Beacon Chain, Ethereum Staking, validator, Consensus clients, Execution clients, Validation clients, Mainnet, testnets: Prater, Goerli ETH, Inclusion distance, Ethereum attestation, Attestation effectiveness, Attestation Reward Scale, slot, Ethereum upgrades: The Merge, Epoch, Slots, rETH, sETH, stETH, Lido Staked ETH, faucet, Ethereum ports, Subjectivity, Lido Staked ETH, ENR, Sharding, Ethers.js, Yellow paper, synchronization, ECFSDS

https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/fundamentals/node-architecture#validators

https://launchpad.ethereum.org/en/faq