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Light and High Performing Ethereum Clients

Run Nimbus on lightweight devices or enterprise-grade servers with equal ease and peace of mind. Trusted by solo stakers and node operators alike.

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Nimbus clients

1

Consensus client

Monitor the Beacon Chain and join the network as a validator to participate in proof of stake consensus.

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2

Verified web3 proxy

Independently verify data received from RPC endpoints and add a layer of protection.

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3

Portal client

An ultra-light client that enables users to interact with the Ethereum blockchain in a trust-minimised manner.

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4

Execution client

A lightweight execution layer client to complement the consensus client - coming soon.

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Nimbus attributes

[01]

Easy to use

Nimbus offers a simple and easy to use consensus layer client that combines Beacon Node and validator client duties in one package, while also offering the flexibility to run the two independently.

[02]

Lightweight

Nimbus' low resource footprint makes it an attractive option for solo stakers. It's low CPU and memory consumption is also attractive for Institutional node operators, as it leaves more headroom on a server for when Ethereum network is under stress, reducing the risk of failover.

[03]

Resilient

Nimbus offers the ability to connect the validator client with multiple Beacon Nodes. It also supports connection with multiple execution layer clients, creating redundancy and resilience in your setup.

[04]

Secure

Nimbus has undergone extensive security testing from some of the leading security firms in blockchain technology, including ConsenSys Diligence, Trail Of Bits, and NCC Group.

Get started

Run the Nimbus consensus client
in one of three ways

Simple setup

Setup the Nimbus Beacon Node with validator client duties built in.

Beacon Node setup

Use Nimbus Beacon Node with an alternative validator client.

Validator setup

Use Nimbus validator client with an alternative Beacon Node.

Testimonials

Nimbus is trusted by a diverse set of node operators which includes solo stakers, professional node operators, emerging liquid staking protocols and projects.
But don't just take our word for it.

ethOS

We're thankful that Nimbus is building infrastructure that extends Ethereum, and is additive to a crypto-first mobile OS like ethOS. We know first hand that Nimbus is incredibly easy to work with, and boasts great dev support from the team.

DSRV

DSRV is running Nimbus with close to 2000 validators on the Ethereum mainnet. We found Nimbus consensus client to be both reliable and easy to operate while requiring fewer resources, making it worth recommending to every validator – not just solo stakers.

Protolamba

Processing 60 billion attestation data points of the Ethereum Beacon Chain only took ~45 min. How? Thanks to the amazing work by Nimbus, this uses their era-format to read all beacon-chain data very quickly, in parallel slices, without much lookup cost.

Diva Staking

Happy to collaborate with the great minds from Nimbus to push the boundaries of staking & DVT!

Free and open source

Nimbus is being developed as a common good with liberal licensing to enable the broadest possible deployment of Ethereum.

Support

As a web3 public good that is largely dependent on both Status and the Ethereum Foundation for funding, grants are our lifeblood. Donate to Nimbus and support us in our pursuit of building and maintaining the lightest Ethereum clients accessible to all.

Timeline

2018
01

Nimbus commences work on PoS client

2019
02

Nimbus participates in the first multi client testnet

2020
03

Runs 144 validators on mainnet at Beacon Chain launch

2021
04

Nimbus receives EF grant to develop an execution client

2022
05

Feature enhancements to Nimbus consensus client and continued work on execution client

2023
06

Improved resilience and performance of consensus client from multi-BN, multi-EL support

2024
07

Nimbus execution client launch on mainnet

2025
08

Ethereum Hardfork

Team

Advaita

Advaita

Agnish

Agnish

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Andri

Ben

Ben

Daniel

Daniel

Dustin

Dustin

Etan

Etan

Eugene

Eugene

Jacek

Jacek

Jordan

Jordan

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Kaushal

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Kim

Pedro

Pedro

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