BeaconKit is a modular framework for building EVM based consensus clients. The framework offers the most user-friendly way to build and operate an EVM blockchain, while ensuring a functionally identical execution environment to that of the Ethereum Mainnet.
Through utilizing the Ethereum Engine API BeaconKit is able to support all 6 major Ethereum execution clients:
- Geth: Official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol.
- Erigon: More performant, feature-rich client forked from
go-ethereum. - Nethermind: .NET based client with full support for Ethereum protocols.
- Besu: Enterprise-grade client, Apache 2.0 licensed, written in Java.
- Reth: Rust-based client focusing on performance and reliability.
- Ethereumjs: Javascript based client managed by the Ethereum Foundation.
Prerequisites:
Start by opening two terminals side-by-side:
Terminal 1:
# Start the sample BeaconKit Consensus Client:
make startTerminal 2:
# Start an Ethereum Execution Client:
make start-reth # or start-geth start-besu start-erigon start-nethermind start-ethereumjsThe account with
private-key=0xfffdbb37105441e14b0ee6330d855d8504ff39e705c3afa8f859ac9865f99306
corresponding with address=0x20f33ce90a13a4b5e7697e3544c3083b8f8a51d4 is
preloaded with the native EVM token.
Please refer to the Kurtosis README for more information on how to run a multinode local devnet.