The Nimbus Guide

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Coming from a different client? Check out the migration guide.

Nimbus is a client for the Ethereum network that is lightweight, secure and easy to use.

Its efficiency and low resource consumption allows it to perform well on all kinds of systems: ranging from Raspberry Pi's and mobile devices — where it contributes to low power consumption and security — to powerful servers where it leaves resources free to perform other tasks, such as running an execution node.

This book describes the consensus layer client, nimbus-eth2. An execution client, nimbus-eth1, is also under development.

Feature highlights

• Beacon node with integrated validator client, slashing protection and doppelganger detection
• Stand-alone validator client with sentry node support
• Fast Beacon and KeyManager APIs with extensions
• Web3Signer remote signing
• Validator monitoring and performance analysis tooling
• External block builder (PBS / mev-boost) support with execution client fallback
• Light consensus client for running an execution client without a full beacon node

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Disclaimer

This documentation assumes Nimbus is in its ideal state. The project is still under active development. Please submit a Github issue if you come across a problem.