A leading open-source Ethereum consensus client, written in Rust.

Focused on security & performance.

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Lighthouse Ethereum Client

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Install Validator Client

Lighthouse Ethereum Client

Communications

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Support Lighthouse Development

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Get Started

All you need to get started is the Lighthouse Book.

It’s open-source, always up to date and will walk you through everything you need to know about installing lighthouse and becoming a mainnet validator.

Lighthouse UI

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Ethereum staking made simple.

Install the Lighthouse UI to monitor and manage your Ethereum validator with a user friendly interface. Bringing you ease of mind and delightful user-experience.

Why Lighthouse

Performance —

Lighthouse is written in Rust, a fast, modern programming language. Lighthouse has proved to be one of the fastest, most profitable clients on the network.

Security —

Slasher —

Networking —

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is Proof-of-Stake?

  • What is Staking?

  • What is a Consensus Client?

  • How do I get started?

  • What are the risks associated with staking?

  • Is there a Lighthouse token?

Still have questions?

Purpose

Secure. Sustainable. Efficient. Secure. Sustainable. Efficient.

Our mission is to contribute to the establishment of a secure, sustainable and efficient protocol to create a safer, decentralised world.

History

Lighthouse was started in early 2018 as a side project that quickly turned into a funded, well-established, production-grade Rust project.

Recent Stats —

7+

Testnets

12+

Full-time
Maintainers

75+

Open Source
Contributors

Team

Lighthouse is actively maintained and developed by Sigma Prime, an information security consultancy mostly based in Sydney, Australia. We’re a team of developers, researchers and security engineers sharing a common vision of an open, fair and decentralised future.

We are also very grateful for our community of external contributors.

Contribute Now

Develop

Lighthouse is community-driven and welcomes all contributions.

We feel fortunate for the support from our community of contributors and their valuable contributions to this open-source project.

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Donate

Donate to Lighthouse and you will be a part of our bold vision to shape the future. Support us in continuing to develop the project as we aim to contribute to the establishment of a secure, decentralised and efficient protocol.

Funded by various organisations, including Sigma Prime, the Ethereum Foundation, ConsenSys, the Decentralization Foundation, Gitcoin and private individuals such as James Fickel, Vitalik Buterin, and others.

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Donate tokens directly —

ENS: donation.sigmaprime.eth

Address:

0x25c4a76E7d118705e7Ea2e9b7d8C59930d8aCD3b