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From: bt3gl <1130416+bt3gl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 05:06:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=A5=93=20add=20some=20notes=20on=20runnin?=
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 The-Merge/running-a-validator.md | 21 ++++++++-------------
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diff --git a/The-Merge/running-a-validator.md b/The-Merge/running-a-validator.md
index 21213d8..9d884d2 100644
--- a/The-Merge/running-a-validator.md
+++ b/The-Merge/running-a-validator.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-## Nodes and validators
+## 🍕 Running a validator
 
+<br>
+
+### tl;dr
 
 <br>
 
@@ -33,7 +36,9 @@
 
 ### validator lifecycle
 
-The sequence of states that a validator can exist in. These include:
+<br>
+
+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:
 
 <br>
 
-### clients
-
-<br>
-
-
 ### the JSON-RPC interface
 
 <br>
 
-* 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.
 
 <br>
 
-### Tools
-
-<br>
-
-* [Ethereum Beacon APIs](https://github.com/ethereum/beacon-apis)