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This guide references and builds upon several other guides that came before mine and I could not have been able to run my own validator nodes without them. Please check out some of these OG contributors here - Ethstaker, CoinCashew, Somer Esat, Remy Roy, Rocketpool
While there are already existing guides out there on how to set up an ETH validator node, I find that they sometimes assume some basic level of working technical knowledge.
This can result in seemingly obvious but important steps being skipped, which prevents completely non-technical but aspiring node operators from pushing through.
Hence, I put this guide together catering to the laymen. With this, I hope to bring you guys from zero-to-one on your journey as an ETH validator node operator!
My goals for this guide:
- Highly copy-paste-able shell bash commands + step-by-step instructions for all non-command-line procedures
- Focused on safety - prevent slashing and inactivity leaks
- How to think about solo-staking in the era of liquid staking
- Covers the conceptual understanding of how validators work under the hood and how slashing happens
- How to decide which validator clients to use as a newcomer
Coming up next, I will also be building more guides covering the following:
- different client sets
- practice exercises for node operators
- enterprise-level setups
- specific use cases - e.g. migrating clients, failover nodes, external signer & HSM, MEV Boost, Telegram/Discord monitoring bots
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