# The DVT Home Staking Curriculum ## What is this? This is a knowledge base for Ethereum solo stakers (both native and DVT) designed with non-technical users in mind. It serves as a comprehensive curriculum for aspiring solo stakers. With a standardised curriculum, organisations can fairly assess the proficiency of new solo stakers across the board using simple quizzes and on/off-chain deliverables when facilitating grants and incentivised test programmes. This curriculum incorporates DVT, and native home staking methods so new solo stakers can launch their first home-based ETH validator from as little as 1 ETH. ## Who is this for? While I hope that anyone who cares about keeping the Ethereum network decentralised will find this guide helpful, the way it is written caters to the following audiences of non-technical people: 1. Aspiring solo/home staker trying to go from zero to one 2. Existing solo/home staker looking to refresh your knowledge. ## How to use? This curriculum has 2 major segments: 1. **Segment 1:** Practicing on the Testnet (current segment) 2. **Segment 2:** [Replacement steps to transition onto the Mainnet ](https://app.gitbook.com/o/ZRc5aeQgk267aLADwYv5/s/FoGzpVzGOOby9LLDFqRC/) ## Credits & Rights This curriculum is designed collaboratively by ETHStaker and Stakesaurus, featuring Diva Staking with a grant from The Staking Foundation as a public good. Aside from the voluntary user contribution options below, no entity is entitled to resell or commercialise the contents of this document without providing additional value. ### If you found this helpful, consider supporting Stakesaurus in one of few ways below! * [Stakesaurus' liquid staking **ETH vault** powered by Stakewise V3](https://app.stakewise.io/vault/0x649955f4189c3921df60e25f58cb1e81070fedb0) {% embed url="" %} * [Stakesaurus' liquid staking **GNO vault** powered by Stakewise V3](https://app.stakewise.io/vault/0x649955f4189c3921df60e25f58cb1e81070fedb0) {% embed url="" %} * Buy me a coffee! {% embed url="" %} * Subscribe to my newsletter {% embed url="" %} ### Other disclosures before you contribute Stakesaurus has also received the following bounty and grants for earlier work from which this curriculum was partly adapted. 1. A bounty (1500 USDC) from the Stack Up x Google Cloud Challenge for creating a guide on setting up a cloud-based Ethereum validator node using the Google Cloud stack. More details are described [here](https://x.com/StackUpHQ/status/1701601281541091565). 2. A [retroactive grant (1000 DAI)](https://research.lido.fi/t/lido-community-lifeguards-initiative/4678/23?u=stakesaurus) from the Lido Ecosystem Grants Organisation for open-sourcing a comprehensive Ethereum home staking guide (no DVT) designed for non-technical people. More details are described [here](https://x.com/stakesaurus/status/1709419025435164696). Stakesaurus is also a grantee of the [Lido Community Lifeguards Initiative](https://research.lido.fi/t/lido-community-lifeguards-initiative/4678), representing the voice & interests of community operators (e.g., solo/home stakers, Lido CSM operators) to the Lido DAO. ## How to get help? 1. **Main curriculum support channel:** [ETHStaker's DVT Home Staker Discord server](https://discord.gg/ethstaker) * Navigate to the "dvt-program" channel. * Weekly office hours: Daily @ 11:00am to 11:30am UTC+8 2. Client-specific support (Discord): * DVTs: [Diva Staking](https://discord.gg/gkgzbze4) * EL: [Nethermind](https://discord.gg/bphnunvcef), [Besu](https://discord.gg/consensys), [Geth](https://discord.gg/CYuF3A9S), [Erigon](https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon?tab=readme-ov-file#erigon-discord-server) * CL/VC: [Teku](https://discord.gg/consensys), [Nimbus](https://discord.gg/AuDqCzQb), [Lodestar](https://discord.gg/AuPdTD6N), [Lighthouse](https://discord.gg/5U2R2Awu), [Prysm](https://discord.gg/prysmaticlabs) 3. [Stakesaurus public Telegram group](https://t.me/stakesaurus) * For those who feel shy about the options above * **Note:** It is best practice to get help from highly public channels such as the main curriculum & client-specific support channel above, especially when setting up for the Mainnet