Minimal ETH threshold hit 🎉; genesis on December 1st, 12pm UTC
Get your nodes operating! and monitor updates via genesis 👀
Eth2 genesis, December 1st. Prepare!
This week, the deposit contract hit the minimal threshold of 16384 32-ETH validator deposits, kicking genesis into movement. Genesis time is 1606824023 — that’s, December 1, 2020, 12:00:23pm UTC.
Should you made genesis deposits, please ensure you’re an lively participant this week.
Arrange your node 🖥
It is time to configure your node. Sync your eth1 consumer (begin now! this could take a while), arrange your favourite eth2 consumer, and cargo up your validators.
Try the Launch Pad’s Eth2 Staker Checklist for the minimal steps you must carry out earlier than genesis.
Monitor updates via genesis 👀
Though all eth2 purchasers have reduce mainnet v1.0 releases, preserve your eye on any developments via genesis. Within the occasion that your eth2 consumer cuts a launch 24 hours earlier than genesis, it is probably for an excellent cause and you have to be on high of it.
Be part of your consumer’s discord, and if they’ve a mailing listing, join!
Along with the client-specific sources, I extremely advocate becoming a member of the ethstaker discord. It is an awesome place to ask questions and share data, and I anticipate it to be very lively via genesis. If there’s something you have to know, it is going to very probably floor there.
Thanks and congratulations
I needed to supply one other big thanks and congratulations to everybody who has helped make this a actuality. I could not be extra excited to see the Ethereum neighborhood lastly bootstrap this new proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
Though there may be nonetheless a lot work to do, it is a good time to take a deep breath and smile.
Joyful staking 🚀
