Deposit process explained

{% hint style="warning" %} Never blindly trust any links when depositing ETH into the staking contract.

Always verify the deposit contract address from MULTIPLE sources:

https://ethereum.org/en/staking/deposit-contract ↗ {% endhint %}

Once you have your validator machine setup running both an Execution Layer client and Consensus Layer client you are ready to start the deposit process.

Staking deposits are processed through the ethereum.org launchpad:

https://launchpad.ethereum.org/en/overview ↗

The following screenshots show the deposit process.

Choose execution client

Choose consensus client

Generate key pairs

What is your current operating system?

How do you want to generate your keys?

Download CLI app
Download Key Gen GUI app
Build from source