tl;dr
- Finalized: rebranding the weblog
- Improve your nodes!
Finalized, rebranding the weblog
In case you’ve learn my current writings or listened to me talk about Ethereum and this grand improve that is within the works, you’ve got maybe seen that I am not solely shying away from discussing “phases” (as an alternative, referring to a collection of impartial upgrades), however that I’ve additionally been making an attempt to place the phrases “eth1” and “eth2” to relaxation. I’ve spoken about these being horrible phrases and wrote about it once more in January’s “The State of Eth2”.
What we name “eth2” is a collection of main upgrades to Ethereum’s consensus-layer — to make sure the protocol is safe, sustainable, and scalable — whereas “eth2 purchasers” are implementations of this proof-of-stake consensus.
And, what we name “eth1” on this context is Ethereum’s wealthy application-layer, and equally, “eth1 purchasers” (after the improve to proof-of-stake) are the software program that does the heavy lifting on this layer. Ethereum’s application-layer is at the moment pushed by a proof-of-work consensus algorithm however will quickly be pushed by the beacon chain — the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism that’s at the moment in manufacturing and secured by ~3.5M ETH.
Now to observe by on my marketing campaign, I am rebranding this weblog collection. From right here on out, this collection can be often known as “Finalized: the Ethereum consensus-layer”, the place the title is an homage to probably the most important perform of the proof-of-stake consensus-layer — finality.
Stakers: Improve your nodes
To remain related, you have to be Berlin appropriate
The Ethereum PoW chain is present process a mainnet improve, referred to as Berlin, on April 14, 2021. This can be a backwards incompatible fork and thus requires updating your software program to proceed to observe mainnet. You may learn extra about this within the EF’s Ethereum Berlin Upgrade Announcement.
As a beacon chain staker, you want an Ethereum PoW endpoint to efficiently carry out all your numerous duties as a validator. This performance serves because the uni-directional hyperlink between the parts of the system to permit for brand new validator deposits.
It follows that, to efficiently preserve this hyperlink, stakers should improve their Ethereum PoW nodes! In case you run the Pyrmont testnet, you need to improve your Goerli nodes earlier than March 17, 2021, and should you validate on mainnet, you need to improve your mainnet PoW nodes earlier than April 14, 2021.
Additionally, a very good time to improve your beacon node
Along with upgrading your PoW nodes, I extremely suggest upgrading your beacon nodes too. There have been many juicy optimizations just lately to all mainnet purchasers. To make sure your validators run with optimum efficiency (and profitability), pull down the newest launch and provides it a whirl.
Improve your nodes! 🚀