Become an Ethereum Validator - Part 1 - Upload your Ether

First review the introduction

Part 1 is to upload your Ether to the Launchpad site

1. Have enough ETH in wallet of choice (Metamask)
   • If using Medalla testnet, you can use the the faucet to get some Eth
2. Go to launchpad.ethereum.org (in browser with Metamask installed)
   • For Medalla testnet (steps are the basically the same)
3. Click Get Started
4. Click Continue/Accept on each item and read through everything
5. On the Eth1 client selection screen, click continue. Don't worry about selecting a client.
6. On the Eth2 client screen, click continue. Don't worry about selecting a client yet.
7. Specify number of validators
8. Click on Windows
9. Click Download CLI app
10. Click Download from Github
    1. Should open a new tab
    2. Click on eth2deposit-cli-9310de0-windows-amd64.zip
    3. Should download the CLI (Command line interface)
    4. After download, open windows explorer and extract ZIP file (only file is deposit.exe)
    5. From commandline, enter command from Launchpad website, replacing "X" with number of validators
    • Check command based on if you want mainnet or medalla testnet
      1. deposit.exe new-mnemonic --num_validators X --chain mainnet
      2. deposit.exe new-mnemonic --num_validators X --chain medalla
11. Check the box at the bottom of the launchpad webpage (I am keeping my keys safe...) and click continue
12. Upload the json file generated by deposit.exe and continue
13. Sign the transactions to upload your ethereum, click continue (careful you're on the correct chain!)
14. Done your ether has been upload and you are now ready to stake

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