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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-## Nodes and validators
+## 🍕 Running a validator
+
+
+### tl;dr
@@ -33,7 +36,9 @@
### validator lifecycle
-The sequence of states that a validator can exist in. These include:
+
+
+The sequence of states that a validator can exist in:
1. deposited: At least 32 ETH has been deposited to the deposit contract by the validator
2. pending: the validator is in the activation queue waiting to be voted into the network by existing validators
@@ -44,24 +49,14 @@ The sequence of states that a validator can exist in. These include:
-### clients
-
-
-
-
### the JSON-RPC interface
-* the JSON-RPC API is an interface that allows us to write programs that use an Ethereum client as a gateway to an Ethereum network and blockchain.
+* interface that allows us to write programs that use an Ethereum client as a gateway to an Ethereum network and blockchain.
* the RPC interface is offered as an HTTP service on port 8545. For security reasons it is restricted, by default, to only accept connections from localhost.
-### Tools
-
-
-
-* [Ethereum Beacon APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/beacon-apis)