Consensus Clients: Nimbus

Nimbus

Nimbus is a client implementation for both execution and consensus layers that strives to be as lightweight as possible in terms of resources used. This allows it to perform well on embedded systems, resource-restricted devices -- including Raspberry Pis -- and multi-purpose servers.More on NimbusMore on Status

Language information

Nimbus is Apache 2 licensed and written in Nim, a language with Python-like syntax that compiles to C.

Become a validator with Nimbus

Nimbus installation documentation

Key management

Nimbus looks for keystores in your validators folder../build/data/[testnet_name]/validatorsIt uses the assisted password in your secrets folder./build/data/[testnet_name]/secretsIf you do not supply a password, Nimbus will interactively ask for it on startup.

Troubleshooting

If you do not have a testnet folder it is likely you have not built and run Nimbus correctly. Run the make commands again../build/data/[testnet_name]/Nimbus key management documentation

Documentation

Nimbus documentation