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# Become a Validator
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To become a validator, you have to first connect to a testnet.
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### Connecting to testnets
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Nimbus connects to any of the testnets published in the [eth2-clients/eth2-testnets repo](https://github.com/eth2-clients/eth2-testnets/tree/master/nimbus).
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Once the [prerequisites](#prerequisites) are installed you can connect to testnet0 with the following commands:
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/status-im/nim-beacon-chain
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cd nim-beacon-chain
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make # This invocation will bootstrap the build system with additional Makefiles
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make testnet0 # This will build Nimbus and all other dependencies
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# and connect you to testnet0
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```
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The testnets are restarted once per week, usually on Monday evenings (UTC)) and integrate the changes for the past week.
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