Get involved in upgrading Ethereum

Here's all the ways you can help with Ethereum and future upgrade-related efforts.

How do you want to get involved?

The Ethereum community will always benefit from more folks running clients, staking, and bug hunting.

Run a client

Running a client means you'll be an active participant in Ethereum. Your client will help keep track of transactions and check new blocks.

See clients

Stake your ETH

If you have ETH, you can stake it to become a validator and help secure the network. As a validator you can earn ETH rewards.

More on staking

Find bugs

Join the community testing effort! Help test Ethereum upgrades before they're shipped, find bugs, and earn rewards.

Find bugs

Run a client pair

A 'client' is software that runs the blockchain, and in the case of Ethereum, a full node requires running a pair of these clients: an execution layer client and a consensus layer client. A full node can check transactions and, if also staking ETH, can create new blocks. Each client has its own features but performs the same function overall, so we encourage you to choose a minority client whenever possible to keep the client pool diverse and secure. More on client diversity.

Execution layer clients

These clients were formerly referred to as 'Eth1' clients, but this term is being deprecated in favor of 'execution layer' clients.

Consensus layer clients

These clients were formerly referred to as 'Eth2' clients, but this term is being deprecated in favor of 'consensus layer' clients.