System Requirements

This guide assumes a pre-installed and hardened Ubuntu installation as well as Docker. Excellent introductory resources to start with are: Coincashew, and Rocketpool's Securing your Node

Requirements for different systems

Software: Execution client, beacon node client (instructions for clients below), curl
OS: 64-bit Linux, Mac OS X 10.14+, Windows 10+ 64-bit
CPU: 4+ cores @ 2.8+ GHz
Memory: 16GB+ RAM
Storage: SSD with at least 2TB free space
Network: 8 MBit/sec broadband

tip

There are variations in client resource usage. Please review CoinCashew’s Client Usage Guide for more details!

Everything above, plus...
Software: Validator client, browser-based crypto wallet (instructions below)
Hardware (Recommended): A new machine that has never been connected to the internet that you can use to securely generate your mnemonic phrase and keypair
32 ETH (Mainnet)
32 testnet ETH (Testnets)