CoinDesk’s Ethereum Validator Enters Final Weeks, Sitting on More Than $30K of Gains

To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain’s transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk in 2020 started its own validator – nicknamed Zelda. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15,000 at the time) and laid the technical groundwork. With staking withdrawals due to start April 12, we take stock of the project.