Run a validator with mev-boost on Sepolia
This guide shows you how to setup and run a validator using Teku as consensus layer, with a random execution client, and mev-boost.
First make sure you have Sedge installed and in your PATH following the installation guide.
If you don't have Sedge in your PATH, just open your terminal on the folder which Sedge's executable / binary is and run ./sedge instead of only sedge.
Run the following command from your terminal to set up a Teku consensus and validator nodes on Sepolia with a random execution client:
sedge generate full-node --network sepolia -c teku
Set up your keys running the following command from your terminal:
sedge keys --network sepolia
Import the keys that you just generate in the command above using the following command:
sedge import-key
After that, you just need to run your setup with the following command:
sedge run
The --network flag allow you to choose the target network for the setup. To check out supported networks run sedge networks. Default network is mainnet.
The -c/-v flag is to select the desired consensus/validator client for the setup. If you only use one of those flags, then the same client pair will be used for consensus and validator nodes.
There is also a -e flag to select the execution client. The default behavior is to choose a randomized client, that's why if we skip the -e flag this time, a randomized execution client will be used.
mev-boost is a default setting as long as Sedge supports mev-boost for the selected client and network. If you don't want to use mev-boost in this case, then add the --no-mev-boost flag to the command. Check out the project's README for more information on Sedge's mev-boost support.