Lodestar is an open source Ethereum consensus client written in Typescript - and it was just added to the Ethereum Launchpad!

Topics for this week: -Product updates -Ecosystem news -POAP & Guild invitees -AMA Thank you for participating! See you at the next one ;)

The Ethereum Mainnet merged with the Beacon Chain proof-of-stake network on September 15, 2022. This marks the end of proof-of-work for Ethereum and a full transition to proof-of-stake. This historic upgrade is projected to reduce the Ethereum network's energy consumption by over 99% and sets the stage for future upgrades to further scale the Ethereum network. Holders of this POAP were there to witness the Ethereum Mainnet Merge with the rest of the community and signaled their support to the core developers of this enormous undertaking by sending roughly $10 of ETH to the Protocol DAO, directly funding protocol contributors. Special thanks to all of the client teams, researchers and core developers of the Ethereum Protocol, and to community leaders The Daily Gwei, Bankless, Ethereum Cat Herders, The Ethereum Foundation and EthStaker for their support in preparing the world for this moment. -https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ -https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ -https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/ -https://ethereum.org/en/ -https://ethstaker.cc/

This POAP celebrates 100 issues of the "What's New in Eth2" newsletter, developed by Ben Edgington and found at https://eth2.news. The POAP image is designed by sleety.eth (with Ben's iconic PFP). This POAP is distributed through poap-checkout with all proceeds going to Lefteris Karapetsas' Berlin marathon fundraising event for kids with heart disease. Ben's contributions to Ethereum will always be valued, and he's moving on to focus on his book, "Upgrading Ethereum", found at https://eth2book.info/altair/

On Friday, August 12th @ 3:00PM UTC EthStaker core members, Yorick, Remy Roy, and myself with be hosting a Valiidator workshop. This will be a goerli post-merge workshop and provide you with the steps necessary to test setting up your mainnet validator. On top of speed running the steps to configure your validator for mainnet, we'll discuss setting up your dashboard for monitoring your validator, review what pruning is and when and how to do it, in addition to having the Stereum team provide an update on their Update/Upkeep challenge. This is also a great oppertunity for those who have questions about staking, the merge and anything in between when we open the livestream up for community Q&A at the end.

The Goerli Testnet successfully merged the Execution and Consensus clients on August 10th, 2022. Holders of this POAP were there for this historical moment, and also supported $2 or more to Coin Center, a non-profit focused on crypto policy. Next up, Mainnet! - https://www.coincenter.org/ - https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ - https://ethereum.org/en/ - https://ethstaker.cc/