🐋 Beyond the money, there’s another thing you should understand: nodes and validators
The Pectra upgrade in May 2025 raised the maximum effective balance for validators from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH, while the minimum remains 32 ETH.
The point of running your own full node is that you don’t have to trust data from third parties: your own node checks whether blocks and transactions follow the rules.
On Ethereum, running a validator requires staking at least 32 $ETH .
Markets always have surprises, so decide in advance what you’ll do if you’re wrong.
The Pectra upgrade in May 2025 raised the maximum effective balance for validators from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH, while the minimum remains 32 ETH.
The point of running your own full node is that you don’t have to trust data from third parties: your own node checks whether blocks and transactions follow the rules.
On Ethereum, running a validator requires staking at least 32 $ETH .
Markets always have surprises, so decide in advance what you’ll do if you’re wrong.