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[![Discord: Nimbus](https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-nimbus-orange.svg)](https://discord.gg/XRxWahP)
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[![Status: #nimbus-general](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-nimbus--general-orange.svg)](https://join.status.im/nimbus-general)
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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.
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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).
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You can find the information you need to run a beacon node and operate as a validator in [The Book](https://nimbus.guide/).
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The [Quickstart](https://nimbus.guide/quick-start.html) in particular will help you get connected to the Pyrmont Testnet and eth2 Mainnet quickly!
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The [Quickstart](https://nimbus.guide/quick-start.html) in particular will help you quickly connect to either mainnet or the Prater testnet.
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## Quickly test your tooling against Nimbus
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The [Nimbus REST api](https://nimbus.guide/rest-api.html) is now available from:
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* http://testing.mainnet.beacon-api.nimbus.team/
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* http://unstable.mainnet.beacon-api.nimbus.team/
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* http://unstable.prater.beacon-api.nimbus.team/
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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.
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## Related projects
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