It's happening! #eth2 genesis is upon us - stay tuned as we prepare a release with everything necessary to run @ethnimbus! Thanks to researchers, supporters, other client teams and the community - we're in this together!
One year later, and we've barely had a moment to catch our breath! Since the launch of the Beacon chain last December, we've made a ton of improvements and added a bunch of features to our software. The difference between running a Nimbus node today and back then is night and day.
As we touched on in our last post, Nimbus' resource efficiency is not just a nice to have. If decentralisation is the cost to run a full node, then resource efficiency is absolutely crucial to maintaining a sufficiently robust and decentralised network. This is especially true in a post-merge world in which the community is expected to keep block producers in check.
I don't care about the absolute number of nodes. I care about the amount of transaction value that is fully secured. That means the user is either running a full node or a fraud proof-protected light client.