Lodestar is an open-source Ethereum consensus client written in Typescript.
Using Lodestar to secure the Ethereum network brings us closer to a world with greater resiliency, sovereignty, and sustainability
We provide the tools to empower the largest group of developers to generate value on Ethereum and progress development of the protocol
Light clients enable more people to use Ethereum as first-class citizens, verifying data on the blockchain without relying on centralized service providers. Lodestar is actively contributing to light client development for Ethereum.
Rely on the sync committee.
Provide a degree of verifiability.
Stay updated inexpensively.
Provides direct access to the blockchain.
Supports true censorship resistance.
Minimizes hardware requirements.
Run Lodestar. Earn rewards. And do your part in securing a $100 billion network. There are multiple ways to stake with Lodestar.
ChainSafe receives first-ever grant from Vitalik Buterin to develop Lodestar.
ChainSafe receives a grant to develop tooling such as SSZ, BLS, and SHA256-AS for Ethereum Consensus (eth2) in the JS ecosystem.
Lodestar participates in early beacon chain testnets such as Medalla with the staking community.
Proposed the first Lodestar mainnet block on Ethereum. Released first in-browser light client demonstration that tracks consensus using sync committees.
Successfully participated in the Ethereum merge to Proof-of-Stake. Released Lodestar v1.0.
Lodestar proposes the first block on the new 1.4M validator public testnet, Holesky
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Support for Lodestar comes primarily from public goods funding via organizations like the Ethereum Foundation and Gitcoin. Our team supports and participates in the Protocol Guild, a collective of Ethereum contributors.