Get Started
This guide outlines the steps required to run a distributed validator via the ssv.network, using the protocol’s smart contracts and developer tools.
- An Ethereum validator - generating a validator key and depositing (registration) it to the beacon chain could be done using Ethereum’s official Staking Deposit CLI and their Launchpad.
- Goerli ETH (<0.1) to cover transaction gas costs on the Goerli testnet (Community members on our discord could assist in obtaining the required amount).
Running a distributed validator is outlined by 3 steps:
- 1.Select the group of operators to manage your validator.
- 2.Distribute your validator key to KeyShares.
- 3.Register your validator to the network.
Process overview
Select your preferred operators from the registry of our networks’ operators - 4 operators are required for each validator.
For each chosen operator, you must fetch its network assigned id and its corresponding key.
Operator page in ssv.network explorer
Please note that you could always customize and update your validator’s managing operators
To assign the validator operation to your selected operators, you must distribute your validator key to KeyShares.
Use the SSV Key Distributor tools to extract your validator key from your keystore file and distribute them to KeyShares.
To signal your operator group to start operating your validator, you must register your validator to the network by broadcasting the
registerValidator()
transaction to the ssv.network contract:Parameter | Type | Description |
publicKey | bytes | The validator’s public key |
operatorIds | unit256[] | |
sharesPublicKeys | bytes[] | |
sharesEncrypted | bytes[] | |
amount | unit256 | Amount of SSV tokens to be deposited as payment (not mandatory).
See validator funding to calculate how much funding is needed to run each validator. |
You can construct the transaction by yourself or using the payload generated by the SSV Key Distributor tool used in the previous step.
Please note that as SSV is deposited to the contract, you must initially approve the SSV contract address to spend your SSV token prior to the registration transaction.
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