From 3e73917b0231226931a24e9edc2f7420cad05e10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sacha Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 18:17:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update README.md Add REST API, rephrase intro --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 166d26ced..3f4adc923 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ [![Discord: Nimbus](https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-nimbus-orange.svg)](https://discord.gg/XRxWahP) [![Status: #nimbus-general](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-nimbus--general-orange.svg)](https://join.status.im/nimbus-general) -Nimbus-eth2 is a extremely efficient Beacon Chain client for participating in the Ethereum Proof of Stake protocol. It performs well on embedded systems, resource-restricted devices -- including Raspberry Pis and mobile devices -- the low resource usage also makes it an excellet choice for running together with an Ethereum client on a server or a desktop where it simply takes up less resources. +Nimbus-eth2 an extremely efficient consensus layer (eth2) client implementation. It performs well on embedded systems and resource-restricted devices -- including Raspberry Pis and mobile devices. It's low resource usage also makes it an excellet choice for running together with an Ethereum client on a server or a desktop (where it simply takes up less resources). @@ -33,7 +33,18 @@ Nimbus-eth2 is a extremely efficient Beacon Chain client for participating in th You can find the information you need to run a beacon node and operate as a validator in [The Book](https://nimbus.guide/). -The [Quickstart](https://nimbus.guide/quick-start.html) in particular will help you get connected to the Pyrmont Testnet and eth2 Mainnet quickly! +The [Quickstart](https://nimbus.guide/quick-start.html) in particular will help you quickly connect to either mainnet or the Prater testnet. + +## Quickly test your tooling against Nimbus + + The [Nimbus REST api](https://nimbus.guide/rest-api.html) is now available from: + +* http://testing.mainnet.beacon-api.nimbus.team/ +* http://unstable.mainnet.beacon-api.nimbus.team/ +* http://unstable.prater.beacon-api.nimbus.team/ + + +Note that right now these are very much unstable testing instances. They may be unresponsive at times - so **please do not rely on them for validation**. We may also disable them at any time. ## Related projects From 756909ad5ba7b2d31a00ee09946241a1cfc48359 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sacha Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 21:16:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md fix spelling / typos --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3f4adc923..a6e0fd657 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ [![Discord: Nimbus](https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-nimbus-orange.svg)](https://discord.gg/XRxWahP) [![Status: #nimbus-general](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-nimbus--general-orange.svg)](https://join.status.im/nimbus-general) -Nimbus-eth2 an extremely efficient consensus layer (eth2) client implementation. It performs well on embedded systems and resource-restricted devices -- including Raspberry Pis and mobile devices. It's low resource usage also makes it an excellet choice for running together with an Ethereum client on a server or a desktop (where it simply takes up less resources). +Nimbus-eth2 is an extremely efficient consensus layer (eth2) client implementation. It performs well on embedded systems and resource-restricted devices -- including Raspberry Pis and mobile devices. It's low resource usage also makes it an excellent choice for running together with an Ethereum client on a server or a desktop (where it simply takes up fewer resources). @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The [Quickstart](https://nimbus.guide/quick-start.html) in particular will help * http://unstable.prater.beacon-api.nimbus.team/ -Note that right now these are very much unstable testing instances. They may be unresponsive at times - so **please do not rely on them for validation**. We may also disable them at any time. +Note that right now these are very much unstable testing instances. They may be unresponsive at times - so **please do not rely on them for validating**. We may also disable them at any time. ## Related projects