Finalized no. 23 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

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 have maybe observed that I am not solely shying away from discussing “phases” (as an alternative, referring to a sequence of unbiased 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 sequence of main upgrades to Ethereum’s consensus-layer — to make sure the protocol is safe, sustainable, and scalable — whereas “eth2 shoppers” 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 shoppers” (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 sequence. From right here on out, this sequence might be referred to as “Finalized: the Ethereum consensus-layer”, the place the title is an homage to probably the most crucial operate of the proof-of-stake consensus-layer — finality.

Stakers: Improve your nodes

To remain linked, you have to be Berlin appropriate

The Ethereum PoW chain is present process a mainnet improve, known as Berlin, on April 14, 2021. It is a backwards incompatible fork and thus requires updating your software program to proceed to observe mainnet. You possibly can 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 varied duties as a validator. This performance serves because the uni-directional hyperlink between the elements of the system to permit for brand spanking 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 could improve your Goerli nodes earlier than March 17, 2021, and when you validate on mainnet, you could improve your mainnet PoW nodes earlier than April 14, 2021.

Additionally, a great 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 shoppers. To make sure your validators run with optimum efficiency (and profitability), pull down the newest launch and provides it a whirl.

Improve your nodes! 🚀