first well researched piece of content on @ethnimbus i've seen out there
lightweight, small footprint, EVM consensus + execution client, highly resistant to supply chain attacks (because exclusively written in @nim_lang)
this is why @EthereumPhone runs it as well as a lot of solo stakers (including myself)
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: ̗̀➛The Story Behind Nimbus
⪼ How A Small Team Built Ethereum's Most Efficient Client
⪼ Back in 2018, Status Network saw a problem nobody wanted to solve that
➥ What if Ethereum could run on your phone?
⪼ A team of builders led by Jacek Sieka (@jcksie ) and Dustin Brody decided to find out
✦ What They Built like rock solid
⪼ Nimbus is a lightweight Ethereum client written in Nim (efficient systems language)
⪼ It handles consensus + execution in one package, designed to work on everything from Raspberry Pi to enterprise servers
✦ The Real Numbers you can trust
•⪼ 6-8% of Ethereum validators now run Nimbus
•⪼ Uses 50-70% less RAM than competitors
•⪼ Can sync full nodes on devices with 2GB RAM
•⪼ Currently trusted by DSRV (~2000 validators), solo stakers worldwide
✦ The Problem They Solved from root
⪼ Most Ethereum clients (Geth, Erigon, Nethermind) are memory hogs
➥ This kept regular people from running nodes
⪼ Nimbus flipped the script
➥ Suddenly staking became accessible to anyone with old hardware lying around
✦ Why It Matters (The Hidden Piece Nobody Talks About)
⪼ Nimbus is building the Portal Network
A decentralized storage layer that lets nodes prune old data and fetch it on-demand
⪼ This could be the key to solving Ethereum's data bloat problem long term
⪼ When EIP 4444 activates (May 2025), Nimbus is already ready
✦ The OG Team
⪼ Core members include
➺ Jacek Sieka (Head of Research),
➺ Dustin Brody (Program Lead),
➺ Eugene Kabanov,
➺ Andri Lim,
➺ Kim De Mey
all deep in Nim language development
⪼ Funded by Ethereum Foundation grants ($1.65M total) + @ethstatus backing
✦ The Competition but no competition
⪼ Geth ➺ Most popular but memory intensive
⪼ Erigon ➺ Fast but needs more attention
⪼ Nethermind ➺ Solid but resource heavy
⪼ Nimbus ➺ Smallest footprint, surprisingly resilient, built for the underdog staker
✦ Why This Matters For You
⪼ If you want true decentralization, you need more validators
⪼ If people can't run validators without spending thousands on hardware, you get centralization
Nimbus fixes that equation
⪼ Not a token play. Not chasing hype
⪼ Just a team building infrastructure that makes Ethereum more accessible
⪼ That's the kind of work that wins long term
⪼ @ethnimbus is shipping Portal client updates as we speak. Keep an eye on this one.
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