Voluntary validator exit

How to Voluntary validator exit with lighthouse

  1. Download the lighthouse binary from https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases

Choose for your architechture.

  • How to download with the command line:

    • Copy link address

    • Open deposit-cli folder and run this command

wget https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/download/v4.5.0/lighthouse-v4.5.0-x86_64-apple-darwin-portable.tar.gz

  • Extract zip file

tar -zxvf <tar.gz file>

  • Test binary file

./lighthouse

  • Clone chain config

git clone https://github.com/jibchain-net/node.git -b config config

  • Run to exit validator

./lighthouse --testnet-dir=./config account validator exit --keystore=./validator_keys-test/validator_keys/keystore-m_12381_3600_0_0_0-1701319485.json --beacon-node https://metrabyte-cl.jibchain.net/

The --keystore flag is used to specify the path to the EIP-2335 voting keystore for the validator. The path should point directly to the validator key .json file, not the folder containing the .json file.

  • Enter password

  • Type "Exit my validator"

  • Done 

Successfully validated and published voluntary exit for validator 0x8debdde83a995937ec83ba8cd9b653c9e28e5405b90d9503389032234201e61fe451900f5b95bab3789556f46568348b
Voluntary exit has been accepted into the beacon chain, but not yet finalized. Finalization may take several minutes or longer. Before finalization there is a low probability that the exit may be reverted.
Current epoch: 4152, Exit epoch: 4157, Withdrawable epoch: 4413
Please keep your validator running till exit epoch
Exit epoch in approximately 1920 secs
Done !
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