ssv

SSV - Secret Shared Validator

Introduction

Secret Shared Validator ('SSV') is a unique technology that enables the distributed control and operation of an Ethereum validator.

SSV uses an MPC threshold scheme with a consensus layer on top (Istanbul BFT), that governs the network.
Its core strength is in its robustness and fault tolerance which leads the way for an open network of staking operators to run validators in a decentralized and trustless way.

Information

General SSV information (Semi technical read)

• Article by Blox

Technical iBFT and SSV read

• iBFT Paper
  • Fast sync for current instance
• iBFT annotated paper (By Blox)
• EIP650
• Security proof for n-t honest parties
• MEV Research - Block proposer/ builder separation in SSV

Getting Started

The following documents contains instructions and information on how to get started:

• An SSV operator's getting started
• How to setup an operator on AWS
• Developers' Guide

Contribution

Thank you for considering a contribution to the source code.

In order to contribute to eth2-ssv, please fork, add your code, commit and send a pull request for the maintainers to review and merge into the main code base.
If you wish to submit more complex changes though, please check up with the core devs first on our discord to ensure those changes are in line with the general philosophy of the project and/or get some early feedback which can make both your efforts much lighter as well as our review and merge procedures quick and simple.

Please see the Developers' Guide for more details on configuring your environment, managing project dependencies, and testing procedures.

License

The eth2-ssv library (i.e. all code outside of the cmd directory) is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0, also included in our repository in the LICENSE file.

The eth2-ssv binaries (i.e. all code inside of the cmd directory) is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0, also included in our repository in the LICENSE file.

Road Map

[X] Free standing, reference iBFT Go implementation
[X] SSV specific iBFT implementor
[X] Port POC code to Golang
[ ] Externalize remote signer
[X] Slashing protection [X] Multi BN implementation support [X] Networking and discovery
[X] db, persistence and recovery (Sync)
[X] Between instance persistence (prevent starting a new instance if previous not decided)
[X] Multi network support (being part of multiple SSV groups)
[\] Aggregation support
[\] Proposal support
[ ] Sync committee support
[X] Key sharing
[X] Deployment
[X] Documentation
[X] Phase 1 testing
[X] Full iBFT spec
[ ] Audit
[X] Grafana node dashboard
[\] Network refactoring

** X=done, \=WIP