ETH2 <-> Nethermind

How to run Nethermind as your ETH1 endpoint for ETH2 clients

Nethermind client as ETH1 endpoint
You should always consider being able to switch to Infura or another provider as a backup for safety (or run two nodes yourself)👈
 
For a more comprehensive step-by-step guide, you should look into one of these awesome guides -> https://someresat.medium.com/. Below you will find instructions on how to run Nethermind node -> Step 6 — Set up an Ethereum (Eth1) Node
Get & Run Nethermind
Download the Nethermind client
You can get it either from Github Releases or our Downloads page:
Downloading Releases
unzip the package
run the Nethermind node (use Nethermind.Launcher or change configs/mainnet.cfg and run Nethermind.Runner --config mainnet)
use the Linux screen utility to keep your node working in the background
screen -S nethermind
./Nethermind.Launcher
Enable JSON RPC service so that your ETH2 Beacon node will be able to communicate
Firewall Configuration
Configure EthStats for your node if needed:
You should see the node starting:
Tip: Ctrl + A + D to leave the screen
Running Nethermind as a systemd service
Manage Nethermind with systemd
Monitoring Nethermind Node Health
Follow this guide to setup Prometheus/Grafana based local setup and monitor your node's most important stats there
Setting up local Metrics infrastructure
The Block Number will be 0 for the unsynced node
To check if your node is synced you may execute eth_syncing call check its result
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_syncing","params":[],"id":1}' localhost:8545
If the result shows false it means that your node is synced 
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":false,"id":1}
Check the following guide to get even better node health monitoring:
Monitoring Node's Health

Eth2 Validator

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