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An open-source Ethereum consensus client, written in Rust and maintained by Sigma Prime.

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Lighthouse is:

• Ready for use on Ethereum consensus mainnet.
• Fully open-source, licensed under Apache 2.0.
• Security-focused. Fuzzing techniques have been continuously applied and several external security reviews have been performed.
• Built inRust, a modern language providing unique safety guarantees andexcellent performance (comparable to C++).
• Funded by various organisations, including Sigma Prime, theEthereum Foundation, ConsenSys, the Decentralization Foundation and private individuals.
• Actively involved in the specification and security analysis of theEthereum proof-of-stake consensus specification.

The Lighthouse team acknowledges0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Faas the canonical staking deposit contract address.

TheLighthouse Book contains information for users anddevelopers.

The Lighthouse team maintains a blog athttps://blog.sigmaprime.io/tag/lighthouse which contains periodicprogress updates, roadmap insights and interesting findings.

Lighthouse maintains two permanent branches:

• stable: Always points to the latest stable release.
  • This is ideal for most users.
• unstable: Used for development, contains the latest PRs.
  • Developers should base their PRs on this branch.

Lighthouse welcomes contributors.

If you are looking to contribute, please head to theContributing sectionof the Lighthouse book.

The best place for discussion is theLighthouse Discordserver.

Sign up to theLighthouse Development Updates mailing list for emailnotifications about releases, network status and other important information.

Encrypt sensitive messages using ourPGPkey.

Lighthouse is an open-source project and a public good. Funding public goods ishard and we're grateful for the donations we receive from the community via:

• Gitcoin Grants.
• Ethereum address:0x25c4a76E7d118705e7Ea2e9b7d8C59930d8aCD3b (donation.sigmaprime.eth).