Questions tagged [validators]
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Is it possible to run a validator node on a forked net?
As the question says - is it possible to fork mainnet with hardhat and run/setup a validator node on the fork? There are some things I'd like to try out before testing it on testnet (I don't even have ...
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Can I change the withdrawal credentials of an active validator?
I have an active validator and would like to know if it's possible to change its withdrawal credentials without performing a full exit.
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Finding validator address of a block
How to reliably find the validator address of a block?
Relay API has gaps wherein some blocks are missing.
Is there any other reliable way to get the validator address?
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Problems unstaking ZRX from Validator VolleyFire using Coinbase Wallet
I am trying to unstake 1,592.83 ZRX from Validator VolleyFire using Coinbase Wallet, but https://governance.0xprotocol.org/account only takes the transaction fees from my wallet and nothing else ...
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Are there any good tools, specifically code packages to checksum eth validator addresses?
Are there any good tools, specifically code packages to checksum eth validator addresses? They are longer than normal Ethereum addresses, and because of that I find the Web3 python library refuses to ...
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Requirement for running node on etherum
i'm planning to run a node to do some works for learning such as snipping token, decode transaction from mempool in real-time which low latency?
I just wonder which configuration that i need to do ...
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Why is the base fee burned instead of sent to validators?
What are the potential risks of giving base fees to validators?
(My guess: if giving the base fee to the validators, I suppose they would send out empty transactions to congest the network in order to ...
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Who is going to detect whether validators conduct misbehaviors?
If validators act dishonestly, who is going to find that out?
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Does each validator have equal voting right in a committee?
I am very new to Ethereum.
I am wondering once validators are selected for a committee, does every validator have equal voting right? Or their voting rights are weighted by their deposit balances? ...
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Does staking more than 32 ETH increase my chance of becoming a validator?
When people say "The more you stake, the more likely you will be selected as a validator," what do they mean exactly? My understanding is that I am only supposed to deposit 32 ETH (but ...
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Used Goerli instead of mainnet launchpad
i accidentally used the goerli.launchpad webpage instead of mainlaunchpad page to generate keys and stake. it looks like the validator was still created. does it make a difference if the keys were ...
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Do Miners/validators get rewarded for miming/validating blocks on Testnets
We know in in Bitcoin ,the miners gets an economic incentive i.e rewards for mining and verifying the transaction to the mainnet. But in case of testnet, there is no real rewards the miners or ...
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Query total rewards per validator
Sites like beaconcha.in are listing the total rewards per validator (split into EL and CL values). How can I query this information on-chain using something like ethers.js or maybe ethdo?
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Do consensus-clients connect with any discv5 peer or is there any optimization?
I am looking at optimising connections between validators, and I was wondering how eth2 consensus clients handle this currently.
Reading the specs at consensus-specs I couldn't find anything very ...
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What happens when you top up a fully withdrawn validator?
Does it automatically get withdrawn to original the withdrawal credentials of the validator? Please give references to the spec and/or eth2book.info when answering.
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BASE_REWARD Formula Enquiry
Reading about Ethereum 2.0, I note the formula for the BASE_REWARD, which is
"the base unit that other rewards are calculated from"
is given as following:
base_reward = effective_balance * ...
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Validator deposits in beacon api [Prysm]
I am running a private network with Ethereum 2.0 (pos). Using Geth and Prysm. I sent a deposit to the staking contract address an now, I'm querying the beacon node API at /eth/v1/beacon/states/head/...
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Is adding a new feature to a Ethereum client, without altering consensus rules, a creation of a new fork?
So, if I add new features to my Ethereum client like new ways to Incentivize validators and nodes without altering the consensus rules, and 5 people start trying my Ethereum client, becoming nodes, ...
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Is the ether rewarded specified by the Ethereum client?
So, the amount of Ether or Wei a validator or miner (ETH1.0) is rewarded, is it specified on the Ethereum client you are using?
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Attestation on fork or reorg
Suppose a validator needs to do attestation for slot N. It sends the attestation but later discovers that there was a fork or reorg on slot N-1 (and that he attested for the wrong fork). Should he ...
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Generate consensus layer configuration for private post-merge Ethereum network
I want to deploy a private post-merge Ethereum network (i.e. a network that merges right from the genesis). For the execution layer, I created a genesis.json file with the appropriate parameters and I ...
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Sync committee submission period
Suppose a validator has a sync committee duty for slot X. Is he supposed to send his SyncCommitteeMessage exclusively in slot X? Or may he send during the epoch (similarly to the attestation duty)?
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Transactions not ordered fairly? (BSC)
If we take a look at the first few transactions block 29930437 on Binance smart chain, there is something very interesting going on, if we compare gas prices:
Tx 0: The first transaction payed ~2132 ...
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What motivates Ethereum validators to accept new members of the network?
Among existing members of the validator network, it's clear what motivates them to accept blocks by other validators: not accepting a verifiably valid block could result in slashing.
But what about ...
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Number of validators in a committee for a particular slot is not equal to the number of aggregation_bits for that committee in the slot
I was trying to make a program in which I store the attestations of the validators. But When I started running the program I ran into an error, which was that the number of validators in the committee ...
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Who can help me with Beacon data?
How can I get Beacon node data, like the beacon smart contract balance or balance of validators? Renat Ghoste
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Calculating number of validators on dune
to find total validators on eth , i am using below logics >>
SELECT sum(amount_staked) FROM staking_ethereum.deposits as a,
SELECT sum(amount)/1e9 FROM ethereum.withdrawals as b ,
and my output ...
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Can a single set of validator keys for staking be signed with multiple Ethereum accounts?
I am setting up solo staking on Sepolia with a local Nimbus client. I want to test a setup where my eth funds are spread out across two ledger devices.
Can I generate a single set of validator keys ...
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How to add new validators on ethereum private network?
I am trying to setup a local devnet in my computer by using geth and prysm using https://docs.prylabs.network/docs/advanced/proof-of-stake-devnet. I can able to setup network with three execution ...
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how do i Unstake my eth valididator node from allnodes?
I hosted with Allnodes, I want to know if I can get just the rewards out or unstake the whole thing and how to do it, please!
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What happens when a validator's withdrawal address is a smart contract with a fallback function?
Ethereum validators set a withdrawal address to automatically receive their staking rewards. These rewards are distributed gas free at the protocol level through a process called "validator ...
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Signer 0xXXXXXXX is not a part of the producer set at block XXXX
Command journalctl -u bor.service -fis giving constant error "Signer 0xXXXXXXX is not a part of the producer set at block XXXX". Does this mean my node is not signing blocks? How can I ...
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Can PoS validators directly influence and choose the output hash of the block?
I'm interested in explanation for Ethereum Beacon [1] and also any forked EVM network [2] (Polygon, Binance, Fantom).
Here's validator turn to validate the block. Can he directly pick the set of ...
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What is the "skip-block" exact definition in Ethereum 2.0?
In this article the term "skip-block" has been mentioned so briefly that it is not clear to me what its exact definition is. Is it a kind of block in Ethereum 2.0 ?
I also could not find ...
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Multi sig solutions for validator withdrawal key
Validators for ETH2.0 have a pair of keys: 1 for validation (hot wallet) and another one for withdrawal (cold wallet). It looks like the tx data for depositing the stake requires both public keys for ...
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How can I get a list of all blocks proposed by a validator?
I would like to get all blocks proposed by a given validator. It looks like this functionality is not available in the standard Beaconchain API. Is there any other API available, probably by a a third ...
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After the Merge with proof-of-stake, how a lightclient verify the block header?
In my understanding, date back to proof-of-work, the block header is self-verifiable because of the difficulty, nonce and block hash value. But after the Merge, the block is attested by several ...
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Geth keeps terminating right after syncing
I updated to 1.11.0-stable, and ever since, I've been unable to keep geth running. Here's my launch command:
geth --http --http.api eth,net,engine,admin --datadir /data/ethereum --authrpc.jwtsecret ...
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What are the events that mint new ETH?
I’m trying to better understand the rewards and minting processes for ETH POS so I can potentially apply the logic to a protocol I’m building.
My question is what events lead to minting new ETH? My ...
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Can a sidechain change the types of account fields?
I am tasked with creating a private testnet that supports encrypted transactions, using fully homomorphic encryption. I'm trying to modify a validator so that transactions can accept a different ...
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Retrieve the exact epoch at which a validator got slashed
I'm currently writting a script that needs to evaluate how much money was lost due to slashing penalties by taking the balance of a validator 1 epoch before it got slashed and its balance 1 epoch ...
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What to do if a contract does not support ERC165?
I have this code...
try IERC165(_token.assetContract).supportsInterface(0x80ac58cd) returns (bool supported721) {
require(!supported721, "!TokenType");
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Transaction pool validation of transactions and its relation to consensus rules
I see that the validateTx function in txpool.go in geth prohibits a transaction from entering the pool if it does not have enough eth to cover gas costs + the value it attempts to send. But is this ...
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How is calculated the "lowest hash value" in Proof-of-stake random block selection?
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/proof-of-stake-pos-in-blockchain/
Dont know how you can get the "lowest hash value". Hash value in PoW I can understand, is it related? How does it work in PoS?
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Who is index 0 validator in ethereum beacon chain?
Address: 0x933ad9491b62059dd065b560d256d8957a8c402cc6e8d8ee7290ae11e8f7329267a8811c397529dac52ae1342ba58c95
In beaconscan.com, the index 0 validator proposed block nearly 20,000 times and almost ...
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Creating a test blockchain that can sync with other nodes
I'd like to create a test Blockchain to experiment on Liquid staking.
It would require to have several nodes to be able to sync together and have several validators on this testnet.
However the only ...
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what kind of pubkey is this? [duplicate]
i found a bunch of old pubkeys but i dont remember how i created them or even if they were mine. they seem to be a bit short and i cant convert them to a an actual address
if anyone has any ideea ...
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What is the underlying mechanism behind empty slots in Ethereum?
Ethereum docs says:
However, occasionally validators might be offline when called to propose a block, meaning slots can sometimes go empty.
What happens when the randomly chosen validator is offline?...
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Should I run a 32Eth Validator or just use a POW Goeth Faucet?
I've with patience POW mined 32 Eth from the Pow Goeth Faucet and started a Goerli Validator; My reason? There's a bunch of scammers pieces of :poop: hoarding Testnet Eth and trying to sell it making ...
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What happens to new validators if the number of validators is not multiple of 128?
Since committees must have 128 validators, what happens to the most recent validators which are beyond the last 128 group?
Since they cannot be included in committees, are they just queued until there ...
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