Asked: What do full nodes, light nodes, and validators each do?
I usually answer like this: The May 2025 Pectra upgrade allows validators’ maximum effective balance to increase from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH, while the minimum threshold remains 32 ETH. The point of running your own full node is that you don’t have to trust data provided by a third party: your own node checks whether blocks and transactions comply with the rules.
$ETH 2015.91 (-1.83%)
Did you know about this before?
#ETH
I usually answer like this: The May 2025 Pectra upgrade allows validators’ maximum effective balance to increase from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH, while the minimum threshold remains 32 ETH. The point of running your own full node is that you don’t have to trust data provided by a third party: your own node checks whether blocks and transactions comply with the rules.
$ETH 2015.91 (-1.83%)
Did you know about this before?
#ETH