Deposit process explained

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 ↗

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

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