Everything you should understand before becoming a validator.
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Proof of stake
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Deposit
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The terminal
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Uptime
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Bad behavior
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Key management
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Early adoption risks
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Checklist
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Confirmation
Proof of stake
Ethereum uses proof-of-stake to reach consensus.For this, we need active participants—known as validators—to propose, verify, and vouch for the validity of blocks. In exchange, honest validators receive financial rewards.Importantly, as a validator you'll need to post ETH as collateral—in other words, have some funds at stake. The only way to become a validator is to make a one-way ETH transaction to the deposit contract on the Mainnet execution layer. The Beacon Chain (consensus layer) is used in parallel to keep track of all validator activity.More on the Beacon ChainMore on proof of stake