EthStaker knowledge base

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Welcome to the EthStaker Knowledge base!

An unbiased, open-source collection of useful information and concepts about Ethereum staking. If you're looking to get started staking on Ethereum or simply to learn more about how the network is secured through Proof of Stake (PoS) validators, you've come to the right place!

🔗 Useful Links

• Staking glossary

• Staking FAQ

🚀 Getting started

• What is Ethereum staking?

• Running a node without any ETH

• Deposit process explained

🚨 HELP!

• My validator is offline! What do I do?

• Missed attestations! What can I do?

• I'm worried about downtime!

• I'm worried about slashing 🔪

💰 Rewards

• How does my validator earn ETH?

• Block proposal frequency

💻 Hardware

• Hardware requirements

• Hardware examples

• Hardware security

• Hardware best practices

🖧 Networking

• Port forwarding

• Firewalls and subnetting

• Brute-force SSH protection

• Setting up home VPN access

• Setting up Tailscale VPN

⛓️ Validator Clients

• Validator clients explained

• Execution clients

• Consensus clients

• Checkpoint sync

• Validator effectiveness

• MEV boost

🔑 Validator Keys

• Secure key generation

• Slashing protection

📕 Tutorials

• Solo staking guides

🎛️ Scaled Node Operators

• What is a scaled node operator?

• Alerting at scale

• MEV at scale

• Key management at scale

• Monitoring at scale

• Node health checks

• On-Call/Incidence response

• Resource scaling

• Security at scale

• Updates at scale

• Uptime at scale

Can I contribute to the EthStaker knowledge base?

Yes! This is a living documentation site, meaning we need the community's help to maintain and update the content. Any contribution, from writing whole sections and translations to correcting spelling and grammar mistakes will be greatly appreciated.

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• How to contribute

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