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Preparing Voluntary Exits in Advance
February 15th, 2023
As the Ethereum validator lifecycle will soon be formally closed, let's recap voluntary exits / full withdrawals by preparing for an exit in advance.
Testing Beacon Chain Withdrawals with Docker on Zhejiang testnet
February 1st, 2023
This guide will provide you with a minimal instruction set if you intend to test spinning up a zhejiang testnet node using Geth&Lighthouse with Docker-Compose, exiting/withdrawing a validator on zhejiang testnet and preparing withdrawal credential change.
Extracting MEV in early stage Ethereum PoS - Stakers’ options
September 28th, 2022
"mev bad" or "mev till i die"?!
An attempt to frame the landscape of MEV extraction options for stakers in early stage PoS
FAQ: MEV and mev-boost (for node runners)
July 7th, 2022
What ist mev-boost? Who should run it and why? And what are searchers, builders and relays?
MEV access on Goerli/Prater testnet
June 18th, 2022
This post aims to provide a quick and minimalistic setup guide on how to test accessing MEV as a validator on the Goerli/Prater testnet.
On Bitcoin’s Security Budget
April 24th, 2022
A quick and concise rundown on why Bitcoin has a security budget issue and why it’s not 100 years away
How to run an Ethereum execution & consensus client with Ubuntu & Docker
February 6th, 2022
→ updated on 01/20/23 for post-merge compatability & fixes
Flipping the Switch - the Doom of Proof-of-Work
February 2nd, 2022
Debates about different consensus mechanisms of blockchains belong to the most persistent chatters in the crypto hemisphere since its formation. Blockchains depend on a Proof-of-Something in order to prove the dedication of a scarce resource to the protocol. In Proof-of-Work mining hardware and the consumption of energy are dedicated whereas in Proof-of-Stake it is the end-protocol asset itself (in this case: ETH). In contrast to a just hypothetical Proof-of-Flowers, the dedication of both work and stake are easy to prove to a protocol. This is why they serve as prominent representatives of crypto-economic consensus mechanisms.