Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) allows a cluster of nodes run by an individual, group, or community of operators to collaboratively run one or more validators for Ethereum.

Obol’s middleware, Charon, is an implementation of DVT that addresses the following Ethereum Staking challenges:

• It’s way too common for a validator to go offline.
• It’s possible for both nodes in an active-passive setup to make an attestation for the same slot, this will get your validator slashed.
• Validators have hot private keys in single, online, locations that can be compromised; this could get your validator slashed.
• 32 (or 16) ether represents a high economic barrier for individual at-home stakers.
• Operator and client centralization leads to correlation risk in the network, DVT allows you to diversify both.
• Validators need periodic maintenance such as database pruning and client updates that incur downtime and inactivity penalties

<aside> 💡 DVT acts as a decentralizing force on the entire Ethereum network while adding resiliency and reducing risk. Read more here.

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🛣️ Roadmap

The following is an overview of the milestones to be completed as Obol DVT gets ready for Ethereum mainnet. Click each card for more info 👇

Milestones

🏁 Quickstarts

• Node operator as part of a cluster of trusted operators

• Solo node operator running a full cluster

👫 Client Compatibility

CL+VC Combinations

| Validator 👉