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Overview to running nodes on Celestia

There are many ways you can participate in the Celestia networks.

Celestia node operators can run several options on the network.

Consensus:

  • Validator node: This type of node participates in consensus by producing and voting on blocks.
  • Consensus node: A celestia-app full node to sync blockchain history.

Data Availability:

  • Bridge node: This node bridges blocks between the Data-Availability network and the Consensus network.
  • Full storage node: This node stores all the data but does not connect to Consensus.
  • Light node: Light clients conduct data availability sampling on the Data Availability network.

You can learn more about how to set up each different node by going through each tutorial guide.

Data availability nodes

Node typeMemoryCPUDiskBandwidth
Light node500 MB RAMSingle core100 GB SSD56 Kbps
Bridge node16 GB RAM6 cores2 TB NVME1 Gbps
Full storage node16 GB RAMQuad-core2 TB NVME1 Gbps

Consensus nodes

Node typeMemoryCPUDiskBandwidth
Validator16 GB RAM8 cores2 TB SSD1 Gbps
Consensus node16 GB RAMQuad-core2 TB SSD1 Gbps

Please provide any feedback on the tutorials and guides. If you notice a bug or issue, feel free to make a pull request or write up a Github issue!