Nimbus v1.0.8 release and Rocket Pool integration
We believe decentralised staking pools like Rocket Pool are essential to ensuring Ethereum's future as an unbreakable and censorship-resistant system.
Nimbus Update: v1.0.7 release (doppelganger detection)
Significant performance improvements across the board + additional protection against accidental slashings: Rewards are higher, Sync speed is 50% faster, and CPU utilization has more than halved...
The Nimbus dashboard challenge
We propose a radical change in design from experts designing for people to people designing for themselves.– Don Norman
We need to start thinking hard about validator privacy
As it stands, deanonymisation in Eth2 is frighteningly simple. To fail to address this is to facilitate the arrestation of our thoughts, and the unjust persecution of the humans they belong to.
Nimbus update: November 10
Since our last update the Nimbus client has made significant progress across security, performance, and ease-of-use. In order to celebrate the release of the eth2
Nimbus update: September 11th
Highlights include: audit fixes, a new sync (syncv2) that greatly speeds up syncing time, a special database pruner to help prune existing databases, multiclient interop scripts that are working as expected with other clients...
Nimbus: Medalla update - August 21 (take two)
The first thing to say is that our validators are doing much better than last week. We are currently tracking tracking the head of the chain on Medalla and attesting! 🎉
Nimbus: Medalla update
Medalla, the first open and community focused eth2 multi-client testnet, launched last week. As of today, there are over 26,000 active validators...
The case for running your own validator
Running your own validator is not as scary as you may think.
Nimbus Beacon Chain Assessment Kickoff
Announcing the start of a multi-vendor security assessment of the Nimbus Beacon Chain codebase. This assessment start is the result of the wonderful response we received from the initial Request for Proposal (RfP) sent out earlier this year.
The importance of a mobile-friendly eth2 client
On Monday, Dean Eigenmann tweeted the following: validating will probably be way more niche than advertised, and most likely will be just as niche as
Nimbus update: June 19th
We hope you're all keeping well. We're sorry it's been a while since our last update. Here are the main highlights since last time. Core
Nimbus update: May 1
Wherever you may be, we hope you're able to see some light at the end of the tunnel. In the hopes of distracting you from the world (however briefly), here's an end of month update from us.
Nimbus ETH2.0 Security Audit Request for Proposal
Introduction We at Status would like to announce a Request for Proposals (RfP) for a new type of external security review of Nimbus, an ETH2.
Nimbus update: April 10
The latest update from the Nimbus team. The main focus this month has been implementing spec v0.11.1. Updates on mainnet testnet configuration and node discovery.