Is it worth it and what amount of apy can I expect?

I'm confused by my validator performance. I apparently am 99% effective according to beaconcha.in, but I always get all voting wrong on head, source and target. According to what I've read my attestations should be all failed because of the incorrect voting. So, I'm wondering if the stats are wrong somewhere, and if so, which ones? I am sure my system time is synced via NTP, I have excellent peers and performance for both my beacon and my execution, which averages 145ms block execution times. Any thoughts? I have included some of my syslog messages.

time="2024-10-30 09:16:26" level=info msg="Aggregated performance since launch" attestationInclusion="100.00%" averageInclusionDistance=1.0 balanceChangePct="0.01%" correctlyVotedHeadPct="0.00%" correctlyVotedSourcePct="0.00%" correctlyVotedTargetPct="0.00%" prefix=monitor startBalance=32008043415 startEpoch=321303 totalAggregations=3 totalProposedBlocks=0 totalRequested=185 totalSyncContributions=0 validatorIndex=XXXXXXX

time="2024-10-30 09:27:14" level=info msg="Attestation included" balanceChange=9260 correctHead=false correctSource=false correctTarget=false head=0x314f76bd57f7 inclusionSlot=10287734 newBalance=32009816467 prefix=monitor slot=10287733 source=0x2706a231049a target=0xc30f13828f5e validatorIndex=XXXXXX

I am new to solo staking and I’m researching and studying the topic. I work in IT a related services but I’m not an hard core Computer guy.

My question is: why in the context of eth solo staking most of the examples I can find online show people using NUC computers?

Is there anything specific about that type of computer that makes it the preferred choice?

I’m asking because for example I have found this mini computer online: MINIS FORUM GD70, Core i7-12650H, 32 GB di RAM, 1 TB SSD which costs half the price of a NUC with same specs…

Hello!

Now that both options are live, I'd like to hear the communities thoughts on Lido vs Rocketpool to use rewards to spin up additional validators.

It looks like mathematically, Lido gives more rewards. Lido at 2.37x and Rocketpool 1.3x the rewards of solo staking.

Anyone consider bandwidth? With Lido, the minimum bond per validator is 1.3 eth, so that means you could spin up roughly 6 validators against just the 1 validator for Rocketpool. As a home staker would that be a problem for bandwidth or hadware? I know this wasn't an issue earlier on, but wanted to check if something changed since blobs.

I'm also seeing a lot of shade thrown at Lido because they are so dominant and not helping with decentralizing Ethereum staking. Please share your views on that too.

Also, anyone actually use any of these? Please share your feedback.

Looking to pick a cheap NUC to spin up a new dappnode, would the following with 32gb be up to the job or is the lack of cores going to be an issue??

Many Thanks!

NUC 5i7 - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/87570/intel-nuc-kit-nuc5i7ryh/specifications.html

I am running a node with geth and prysm, and for the mainnet, the chain data is nearly 2TB. I'm a bit worried about disk failures or unexpected situations that could lead to data corruption. Usually, resynchronizing takes a long time and can result in slashing, so I want to ask what best practices there are for protecting node data to achieve quick disaster recovery

I know EIP-7251 (MaxEB) will allow:

• to create a validator with more than 32 ETH (up to 2048),
• to move a stake from one validator to another, allowing for consolidations up to 2048 ETH,
• to widthdraw a portion of a stake from the validator unless 32 ETH remains.

However, after skimming EIP-7251 I haven't found an answer to this question:

• Will it be possible to increase stake within existing validator by let's say 1 ETH directly?

Am I right I'll need to deposit this 1 ETH using Eth Staking Launchpad?

Hi, for cooling my NUC I’m using a fanless Akasa. In general I’m very happy with it. However recently I had a few minutes blackout and the machine didn’t auto boot afterwards. I recognized it by missed attestations. After I pressed the power button the node was back online after minutes.

I’m planning to have a one month trip next year and worried the power goes off again and the node being offline for weeks. Are there any hardware/software tricks to fix it on Akasa NUC?

Hi all -- I need help. I am have stake 32 ETH back in late 2022. I maxed out my memory capacity about 6 months ago which caused my validator to stop working and it's now been offline the whole time. I have not updated Geth or Lighthouse during that time. I now want to exit because I can't obviously can't keep up.

My understanding is that -- given that I staked a few years back — I first need to follow some kind of procedure to make my stake "exitable" (can't remember what it's called but I read about it a few weeks ago quickly) and then once I do that, I need to update Geth and Lighthouse to actually do the exit. Is that right?

Can someone tell me the precise steps and sequence I need to follow. This is a lot of money for me and I need to sure I exit successfully.

Thank you very much for the backup.

Would appreciate any suggestion! Saw the Staking Summit event but it costs EUR 199 and it does not seem to be affiliated with ethstaker.

Hey folks, the Community Staking Module is live on mainnet. As a solo staker, you should be eligible for early access now. You can run CSM validators as you wish, such as on hardware that is already serving other validators.

• 1.5 ETH for 1st validator (2.4 ETH for non-EA), 1.3 ETH afterwards.
• Up to 2.37x higher projected rewards.

Good to run one with your vanillar validators: https://csm.lido.fi/

I first started with 1tb at genesis and then upgraded to 2tb about 2 years ago. i am running lighthouse and geth and still have about 500gb. is it consensus that we should be looking at 4tb soon?

Hi I currently have the fee recipient address set to 0x00000000000000000000000000000.

Is this normal?

Is it set that way so my MEV boost relays can receive a cut of the proposal?

I thought about changing it, but I don't want to deprive the relays of a cut of the proposal.

Notice the ventilator spinning up frequently?
Missing more attestations than usual even when network usage is low?
Running 'sensors' command show average temps above 50 degrees?

Then maybe is the right time to pause your validator, open it up, remove as much dust as possible and spin it up again! I simply vacuum clean it gently, also make sure the bottom part where the ventilator operates is clean: that's where the most of the dust accumulates.

Everytime i do this to my NUC, running now since end of 2021, it rejuvenates!

I've started to become more interested in how Mev Boosts works and started paying attention to the logs it gives me. I have been downloading all of the logs and started to notice some of the mev boost relays giving me time out errors and reset notices . Agnostic Relay and gave me 3 timeouts and 1 reset one day, Ultra Sound Money gave me 1 timeout error one day, and flasbots gave me one reset by peer and a service temporarily unavailable error one day. These were the only errors over the course of a week of logs.

I assume all of this is normal and seems reasonable, but is there anything I should be on the lookout for or paying attention too? Is there a frequency of timeouts or errors per day or hour that should give me concern?

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if someone could ELI5 what restaking on the EigenLayer is? I currently run my own validator and the few ETH I have left over I have stuck into Lido for stETH.

Ledger now promotes restaking with Kiln on the EigenLayer layer when loading Ledger Live. Ive read through the documentation and I guess I still dont quite understand.

I do understand the concept of locking it up for other chains as security. But what I dont quite understand is does my stETH that I restake still gain while staked and then plus I get restaked points that is possibly an IOU for an airdrop down the road?

Thank you all!

I wasn't paying attention. I was getting missed attestation notifications, but those happen, and I didn't think much of it. Then I started noticing that I was getting about 10 every morning super early while I was on vacation. Then I saw that there was a 10 notification limit, so my node must be down! Got home from vacation, went to check the node and realized it was dead. Power's on, but no hard drive activity. Turns out both the node and the harddrive are cooked. Then I looked into beaconchain to find out how long it had been dead, and it had been just over a month! I immediately ordered new hardware, but it took close to a week to get delivered. Got everything setup last night, but haven't uploaded my validator keys yet, just waiting for the node to completely sync.
Then I started looking into how long I could go without being active, and I'm seeing DQ after 30 days. Is this true? How long can my node be offline with more than just the daily negative income penalty? What do I do now?

I am running lighthouse and geth version 1.13 with "state.scheme=path" flag. I have seen data take up around 2GB of storage daily on average since the beginning of October. Geth documentation talks about 14 GB a week without pruning.

claude.ai says:
Daily state growth without autopruning: 10-20 GB

Daily state growth with autopruning: 1-5 GB for a full node

Not sure if autopruning works. Can you please post numbers so I can compare.

And yes, I have to get monitoring like graphana and prometheus.

Perhaps this is already common knowledge (given that there is a link in the sidebar), but I didn't know it, so I figured I'd share for others.

When I originally built my validator machine, I (incorrectly) figured any name brand NVME SSD would be plenty fast enough. I bought the cheapest name brand 2TB drive I could find, A Kingston NV1. I always thought it was odd that it took Nethermind 2 days to fast sync when others were reporting hours. My effectiveness also hovered around 98%, but I just assumed that missed attestations here and there were normal.

The time came to upgrade to 4TB and I started researching SSDs. I came pretty close to purchasing the cheapest name brand one again, but came across this amazing post (linked in the r/ethstaker sidebar). It turns out (which is obvious in hindsight) that since the validator is constantly writing a lot of data to the SSD, that the performance of the drive is a crucial component of overall performance. Specifically, my SSD didn't have DRAM and I/O was too slow. I ended up purchasing a 4TB Kingston Fury Renegade. Once I got my rebuilt machine up and running, Nethermind sync took 2 hours and the machine is currently around 99.6% effective. What a difference!

TL:DR I'm an idiot, SSD quality has an impact on validator performance. Buy a quality SSD.

I am already running a few validators on my own node at home, using a mnemonic, the standard way.

Is it possible to use a multisig instead? To create new validators, exit old ones, etc...

🚀 What’s next with the upcoming Pectra upgrade in Q1 2025? This upgrade promises significant enhancements to staking through 3 key EIPs:

• EIP-7251: Increase MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE
• EIP-7002: Triggerable withdrawals
• EIP-6110: Onchain validator deposits

Learn how the Pectra upgrade will elevate your staking experience in our latest blog post by Sebastien Rannou, our Ethereum lead: https://www.kiln.fi/post/next-ethereum-upgrade-how-pectra-will-enhance-the-staking-experience

Was using Blox staking for simplicities sake, and there were no fees at the time. However they sunsetted the service this year and I haven’t had time to find an alternative.

What’s the easiest to use with the lowest fees?

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This is how Lido's Community Staking Module (CSM) validators currently compare to traditional solo staking:

• Interestingly CSM rewards up to 2.37 times more rewards per ETH.
• With CSM only 2.4/1.5 ETH  is needed for the first validator and 1/3 ETH for subsequent ones.
• Setting up a CSM validator is similar to a vanilla validator but with a few additional parameters (like fee_recipient address and MEV relays).
• Lido CSM makes a good attempt at making it easier for solo stakers to run validators by interacting with Lido's smart contracts.

Vitalik has shown keen interest in increasing solo stakers to make the network more decentralized and secure, I think this aligns with Lido's new CSM.

I probably made an orrible mistake, with trust wallet i tried to swap an airdrop token ASC on solana (now i can say was a scam), the swap didn't occur and everything was drained (eth and other tokens). The worst part is that eth address is linked to my staked eth and is the reward address. Now i fear that if i exit the stacking everything will be drained .... i can change the stacking reward address ? How is possible that if i search the history transaction in trust wallet i see nothing ? The nft linked are still there ...

Hey ETH Stakers!

🎉 Stereum 2.2.3 is out! 🍄🎉

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This release focuses on ironing out bugs and adding improvements to enhance your Ethereum node experience.

Key highlights:

• 🔗 Beaconcha.in link integration for validators
• ⚙️ New client setting options
• 🖼️ Updated design for the launcher auto updater

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❤️ We hope you enjoy this release! Thanks for all your feedback, as always keep it coming. We are working on various fixes and improvements at the moment, hope to ship them soon!