Validate Gnosis

Intermediate Guide

You're an intermediate validator—you understand what staking means, and you're feeling motivated to set up your own Gnosis validator, either with at-home hardware or in the cloud.

Tips and Tricks

Before you start staking, read the articles linked in this section about running your own validator.

Key Steps

Before you start validating, follow the steps and we recommend reading the articles linked in this section to catch the details of each step.

1

Configure System

The first step is to configure your server. Be mindful of setting sensible system and security defaults. Ubuntu users, you must set up and configure timekeeping due to the consensus layer.

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2

Run Execution Layer Client

Next, you need to choose and run an execution layer client. Gnosis Chain currently supports Erigon and Nethermind. Nethermind is the client run by a majority of Gnosis Chain validators. To build more network diversity, we suggest choosing Erigon.

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2

Run Execution Layer Client

Next, you need to choose and run an execution layer client. Gnosis chain currently supports Erigon and Nethermind. Nethermind is client run by a majority of Gnosis Chain validators. To build more network diversity, we suggest choosing Erigon.

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3

Run Consensus Layer Client

Likewise, you need to choose and run a Consensus Layer client. Pick from a range of clients, such as Lighthouse, Lodestar, Nimbus, and Teku.

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3

Run Consensus Layer Client

Likewise, you need to choose and run a Consensus Layer client. Pick from a range of clients, such as Lighthouse, Lodestar, Nimbus, and Teku.

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4

Run Validator

Finally, you’re ready to start validating! Deposit your GNO into the Beacon Chain contract and generate your validator key. Congrats—you’re a Gnosis Validator!

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Setting up & Maintaining Tools

Alternatively, you can use easy-to-install interface options for a simpler setup.

DappNode Home

DAppNode is a simple platform for deploying and hosting DApps, P2P clients, and blockchain nodes. It provides a user-friendly way to set up and configure nodes with only a few clicks.

Run a Gnosis Validator Through DappNode

The Stakers UI

DappNode Home

DAppNode is a simple platform for deploying and hosting DApps, P2P clients, and blockchain nodes. It provides a user-friendly way to set up and configure nodes with only a few clicks.

Run a Gnosis Validator Through DappNode

The Stakers UI

Stereum

Stereum is a tool to manage the process of setting up and maintaining a Gnosis node with a heavy focus on self sovereignty, privacy, and flexibility. Stereum aims to be the most flexible way to leverage your Gnosis node for staking, dApp hosting and development or your own personal use case.

One Click Installation Guide

Stereum

One Click Installation Guide

Stereum

Chorus One provides quick staking integrations for institutions and forward thinking individuals, industry-leading research, and support for 50+ protocols. Since 2018, Chorus One has been the torchbearer of Proof-of-Stake and offers battle-tested staking infrastructure among other services.

One Click Installation Guide

If these options are not suitable for you, let’s have look at the beginners or advaced section we have prepared for you.