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Idea: Protecting Your Validator from Attacks During Block Proposal to Prevent MEV Theft
Recently, I read a paper on validator deanonymization (linked in the last comment).
TL;DR: An attacker could find the IP address used by your validator. Then, when you're about to propose a block with significant MEV (Miner Extractable Value), the attacker can launch a cheap DoS (Denial of Service) attack on your internet connection. You would miss the opportunity to propose a block. The attacker would then DoS the next validator and repeat this until their validator is selected. This would allow them to propose a block, essentially stealing your winning lottery ticket and grabbing all the MEV.
Recently, I read a paper on validator deanonymization (linked in the last comment).
TL;DR: An attacker could find the IP address used by your validator. Then, when you're about to propose a block with significant MEV (Miner Extractable Value), the attacker can launch a cheap DoS (Denial of Service) attack on your internet connection. You would miss the opportunity to propose a block. The attacker would then DoS the next validator and repeat this until their validator is selected. This would allow them to propose a block, essentially stealing your winning lottery ticket and grabbing all the MEV.
Just discovered Super OETH.
As always, the yield looks juicy. But is it worth the additional risk?
https://www.originprotocol.com/super-oeth-live-on-base
As always, the yield looks juicy. But is it worth the additional risk?
https://www.originprotocol.com/super-oeth-live-on-base
I am but a humble home staker, and had previously been running an ETH node since the early PoW days.
Still, I hope that any upcoming consensus on the tradeoff between L1 scalability/throughput and decentralization/censorship resistance is informed by a level-headed analysis of actual staking data.
Decentralization is Ethereum’s raison d’être. No point in scaling if we place censorship resistance in the hands of a few tens of hyperscaled operators.
But I also want scaling to keep up with adoption, and I’m personally ready to upgrade my 2+ year old hardware and/or bandwidth if that’s what it takes. I like to think that most home stakers (not LST hodlers) take their responsibility seriously enough to do that every few years.
For sure, it would be awesome if staking nodes could play different roles depending on their access to bandwidth and compute, so that even those stuck with rural or Australia-level connectivity aren’t left behind. But that’s the cherry on top as far as I’m concerned.
Still, I hope that any upcoming consensus on the tradeoff between L1 scalability/throughput and decentralization/censorship resistance is informed by a level-headed analysis of actual staking data.
Decentralization is Ethereum’s raison d’être. No point in scaling if we place censorship resistance in the hands of a few tens of hyperscaled operators.
But I also want scaling to keep up with adoption, and I’m personally ready to upgrade my 2+ year old hardware and/or bandwidth if that’s what it takes. I like to think that most home stakers (not LST hodlers) take their responsibility seriously enough to do that every few years.
For sure, it would be awesome if staking nodes could play different roles depending on their access to bandwidth and compute, so that even those stuck with rural or Australia-level connectivity aren’t left behind. But that’s the cherry on top as far as I’m concerned.
Hoot Hoot! 🦉
Together with @obol, we are continuing to enhance the decentralization and security of the Gnosis Chain!
Charon, @obol's Distributed Validator middleware client, is now compatible with the Gnosis Chain mainnet!
Details here: https://github.com/ObolNetwork/charon/releases/tag/v1.1.1
Together with @obol, we are continuing to enhance the decentralization and security of the Gnosis Chain!
Charon, @obol's Distributed Validator middleware client, is now compatible with the Gnosis Chain mainnet!
Details here: https://github.com/ObolNetwork/charon/releases/tag/v1.1.1
Stakers are often unwilling system administrators. I'm one of them. I want to stake not administer my systems. It's still part of the job. In any case, you should know there is currently a potentially severe security issue affecting a wide range of *nix systems.
Reminder that if you solo stake at home, you can join a pool like @kody.eth's https://app.smoothly.money/ to smooth out your execution rewards EV over time instead of playing the block lottery.
You keep custody of your ETH and don't even need to unstake; just point your execution client's fee recipient address to the pool's address, lock a 0.5 ETH bond per validator into the smart contract, and you're all set. Already 110 staking nodes have joined!
You keep custody of your ETH and don't even need to unstake; just point your execution client's fee recipient address to the pool's address, lock a 0.5 ETH bond per validator into the smart contract, and you're all set. Already 110 staking nodes have joined!
Shout out to rescuenode.com for being reliable infra for home/solo stakers & keeping our nodes live during maintenance tasks & error-prone times. Together w/ @rocket-pool, I would not be able to run a node w/o them.
P.S. Supporting DV node operators in the near future would be 🔥
P.S. Supporting DV node operators in the near future would be 🔥
EthStaker and a few members from our community has been working hard on revitalizing the original staking-deposit-cli tool into a new fork called ethstaker-deposit-cli. We've got great news coming up in the next few days and weeks. Watch this space. https://github.com/eth-educators/ethstaker-deposit-cli
New Besu released (24.9.1)
Note the breaking change — you won’t be able to downgrade to <24.5.1 after this
https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/tag/24.9.1
Note the breaking change — you won’t be able to downgrade to <24.5.1 after this
https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases/tag/24.9.1
sorry for the price action, I proposed a block and must have caused all this
Who needs more visibility in the Ethereum staking community?
Yesterday, Guardians of the Ether became available for Solo Stakers! 🎉 Let me show you some personal DIY projects I've already done with it. First, I replaced the eyes in my profile picture with my GoTE iris. 1/4
It's a big day! The Guardians of the Ether project, where I had the chance to create the art, has just launched!
To all my Solo Staker friends, you can now claim your NFT. Share it around—there are plenty of mechanisms, and you can use it in the future however you want!
👁️
#GOTE
To all my Solo Staker friends, you can now claim your NFT. Share it around—there are plenty of mechanisms, and you can use it in the future however you want!
👁️
#GOTE
Nethermind’s performance seems to be both much greater and much more variable than that of other execution clients.
I’m keen to see this chart updated once other client teams have responded with their recommended settings for a fairer comparison.
Client competition is awesome and one of the “ETH 2.0” greatest achievements
Source: https://x.com/nethermindeth/status/1825845699650486415
I’m keen to see this chart updated once other client teams have responded with their recommended settings for a fairer comparison.
Client competition is awesome and one of the “ETH 2.0” greatest achievements
Source: https://x.com/nethermindeth/status/1825845699650486415
Added another 10k epochs without a block. That’s now 1.5 years since deposit 🤯
And please don’t get me wrong, I am a happy solo/ home staker. I know what variance is. I know I could be better off by smoothing MEV via a pool. But I am happy with my base reward, the learnings and the fact that Ethereum is a little more decentralized because I am part of the validator set.
And please don’t get me wrong, I am a happy solo/ home staker. I know what variance is. I know I could be better off by smoothing MEV via a pool. But I am happy with my base reward, the learnings and the fact that Ethereum is a little more decentralized because I am part of the validator set.
One reason why I haven't become a remote self staker is because I don't understand how compliance works as a US based validator.
https://x.com/adamshurwitz/status/1819728089435492723
https://x.com/adamshurwitz/status/1819728089435492723
Starting to think something is wrong. My two validators only made one block and zero sync committees. Within one year.
Anyone else with similar problems?
If I have missed a bock due to being offline or not attesting. How could I see that?
Anyone else with similar problems?
If I have missed a bock due to being offline or not attesting. How could I see that?
Thank you to @octant and the /eth-staker community for the support!! Our goal is always to help Ethereum grow up as healthy and decentralized as possible and support home stakers - public goods funding is key! 💙