Rhino Review Ethereum Staking Journal #24

1M validators securing Ethereum

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Latest Updates for Stakers

• Dencun upgrade has successfully activated on Ethereum & Gnosis Chain.

  • Ethereum

  • Gnosis Chain

• Dencun Fork Analysis from EthPandaOps

• 1M validators securing Ethereum

• Reth now in beta

• Besu 24.3.0 has some big improvements to the database to reduce disk footprint

• In the next Prysm release have some big improvements coming

• The post-mortem on the Nethermind client's January issue is available

• Grandline is open source now

• In 1 year the amount of nodes in LATAM has almost doubled.

• EIPs For Nerds #4: EIP-6110 (Supply Validator Deposits On-Chain)

• Initial Analysis of Stake Distribution

• Pump the gas - 40M is the new 30M

• Post mortem - missed slot incident on 27/3

• RIG Update #5 — Huddle and ship

• MaxEB is going to Electra.

• Issuance Issues — Initial Issue

• Roughly 50% of Coinbase validators are now running on Nethermind

• Addressing systemic risks — discouragement attacks against centralized validator sets

• Recipes for a stateless Ethereum - Guillaume Ballet

• Supporting decentralized staking through more anti-correlation incentives

• Is There Too Much ETH Staked? Devs Weigh Reduction In Staking Rewards

• Stereum 2.1.1 released. They added Lido and Obol exit service.

DVT Updates

• DVT

  • Obol Network - The Distributed Validator Protocol Roadmap

  • Lido Community Staking Update

  • Lido Community Staking Module Architecture

  • Diva’s Audit Reports

EthStaker Corner

• Vulnerability in xz library that compromises ssh

• If you are a solo staker with multiple validators, you are likely missing out on thousands of dollars.

• How are people mitigating the tax consequences of a potential eth price drawdown?

• Solo Staking - Dappnode Smooth and/or MEV Boost?

• Solo Staking Ethereum Upon Death

• CMV: MaxEB Destroys Tax Reporting

• Dencun killed my validator

• Stolen home staking validator

Job Listing

• Nethermind Internship Program 2024

• Obol Network - Various Jobs

• Consensys Staking - Staff Software Engineer

• Consensys Staking - Software Engineer

• Consensys Staking - Senior Protocol Engineer

Statistics & Analytics

Client Updates & Releases

• Consensus Layer

  • Teku v24.3.1

  • Prysm v5.0.2

  • Lodestar v1.17.0

  • Nimbus v24.3.0

  • Lighthouse v5.1.3

• Execution Layer

  • Geth v1.13.14

  • Nethermind v1.26.0-exp.3

  • Erigon v2.59.3

  • Besu 23.10.0

  • Reth v0.2.0-beta.4

📌 Note: Gnosis Chain runs the same composite client software and tooling stack as Ethereum, with minor parameter tweaks. As such, Gnosis is a Proof-of-Stake network that uses Ethereum’s Beacon Chain consensus. For more details, check the official docs

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Video & Podcast

Awesome Resources

• Awesome Ethereum Staking Resources

• Staking Directory

• Panarama

• Ethereum Dashboards

• Staking on Ethereum A to Z

• EthStaker Knowledge Base

• Beaconcha.in Knowledge Base

• Week in Ethereum Newsletter

• ETH Withdrawals FAQ

• Ethereum Staking 🥩 by Hildobby

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