A script to set up a Ethereum node on the Kiln merge testnet. Goal is to quickly set up a minority client (Lodestar + EthereumJS) pair for #TestingTheMerge. Tested on MacOS 12.3 only.
NOTE: This script is intended for myself to quickly setting up a node on an old laptop with minimal dependencies (e.g. no docker due to resource constraints), but may be useful for someone that wants to quickly start a node pair on MacOS. There are many amazing guides out there to better set this up, e.g.
The script assumes that minimal dependencies installed (includig brew, git, node.js etc) and will install and build from scratch. The steps are based on the Ethereum Community's guide.
The setup.sh script performs steps 1-4:
- Install dependencies (brew, git, node.js)
- Install and build Ethereum clients (Lodestar & EthereumJS)
- (Optional) Generate validator keys
- Start Ethereum clients
- Manual: make deposit with Kiln Launchpad
- Review the parameters section in setup.sh, and add eth1 withdraw address
- For initial setup, run
./setup.sh - For subsequent restarts (skips installation), run
./setup.sh false
# RUN_SETUP: boolean flag, for first run, set this to true to install
# RUN_VALIDATOR: boolean flag, whether to generate validator keys and run validators
./setup.sh [RUN_SETUP] [RUN_VALIDATOR]
# Examples
./setup.sh true true # run installation + validator key gen + eth nodes + validator
./setup.sh false true # run eth nodes + validator
./setup.sh true false # run installation + eth nodes only
./setup.sh false false # run eth nodes only
https://notes.ethereum.org/@launchpad/kiln#EthereumJS https://kiln.themerge.dev