# Rhino Review Ethereum Staking Journal #29

Source: https://rhinoreview.substack.com/p/rhino-review-ethereum-staking-journal-c7a

## Summary

The Rhino Review Ethereum Staking Journal #29 is a monthly newsletter for home Ethereum stakers, and its opening note reports that its author attended Devcon 7 in Bangkok last month and met many home operators. The author describes the Home Operator Hub organized by EthStaker as the community's knowledge source for Ethereum staking and node operations, and says a friendly culture of sharing knowledge is emerging. The issue's action item is that insecure keystore files generated by deposit tools have fixed versions: staking-deposit-cli v2.8.0, ethstaker-deposit-cli v0.6.0, and Wagyu Key Gen v1.11.1.

## Article

Heya home operatooooors!

Last month, I attended Devcon 7 in Bangkok and had the chance to meet many great home operators. The Home Operator Hub organized by EthStaker has become the community's knowledge source for Ethereum staking and node operations. A very friendly culture is emerging where people don't hesitate to share their knowledge, genuinely nurturing and diversifying the Ethereum culture. It's a great joy to witness and contribute to this culture.

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Latest Updates for Stakers

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Take Action

Insecure keystore files generated from the deposit tools

Fixed versions:

staking-deposit-cli: v2.8.0

ethstaker-deposit-cli: v0.6.0

Wagyu Key Gen: v1.11.1

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Discussions

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DVT

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Consensus Layer

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Nimbus v24.11.0

Lighthouse v6.0.0

Execution Layer

Geth v1.14.12

Nethermind v1.30.0

Erigon v3.0.0-alpha6

Besu 24.8.0

Reth v1.1.4

📌 Note: Gnosis Chain runs the same composite client software and tooling stack as Ethereum, with minor parameter tweaks. As such, Gnosis is a Proof-of-Stake network that uses Ethereum’s Beacon Chain consensus. For more details, check the official docs

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