JBC Blockchain
  • Advisories
    • Proof of stake
    • The Deposit
    • The Terminal
    • Validator uptime
    • Bad behavior
    • Key management
    • Early adopter risks
  • Nodes & Validators
    • Generate Validator Keys
    • Deposit JBC
    • Become a Validator
      • Prerequisites
      • Running a Validator
  • Withdrawal
    • Set new withdrawal credential
    • Voluntary validator exit
  • Cancun Upgrade
    • How to upgrade
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  1. Advisories

Key management

To become a validator you'll need to know about managing keys and protecting a mnemonic. If you are not yet familiar with keys and mnemonics, please do not proceed.

We'll help you create a signing key for every validator you want to run. You may choose to provide a withdrawal address for your validator when generating your deposit data, which will permanently set the withdrawal address. This is recommended for most users.

If you do not provide a withdrawal address with your initial deposit data, you will need to derive your withdrawal keys from your mnemonic at a later time, so store your mnemonic safely—it will be the ONLY way to withdraw your ETH when you choose to activate withdrawals.

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