Geth / Lighthouse / MEV

This page shows the commands to update Geth / Lighthouse / MEV for the upcoming fork on April 12, 2023 (Shanghai).

It's based on a "standard" install using Somer Esat's guide for Geth/Lighthouse

Update Geth

You can verify the most recent Geth release here This install uses v1.11.5, current as of April 8, 2023

2) Stop Geth:

sudo systemctl stop geth

2) Change to Home directory:

cd ~

3) Use curl to download latest version:

curl -LO https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/geth-linux-amd64-1.11.5-a38f4108.tar.gz

4) Extract, Copy, and Clean up:

tar xvf geth-linux-amd64-1.11.5-a38f4108.tar.gz
cd geth-linux-amd64-1.11.5-a38f4108
sudo cp geth /usr/local/bin
cd ~
rm geth-linux-amd64-1.11.5-a38f4108.tar.gz
rm -r geth-linux-amd64-1.11.5-a38f4108

5) Start Geth:

sudo systemctl start geth

6) Use geth --version to confirm v1.11.5 is installed:

geth --version

You should see v1.11.5 in the response:

Geth is updated and ready for the fork on April 12, 2023

Update Lighthouse

You can verify the most recent Lighthouse release here.

This guide uses v4.0.2, as of April 13, 2023

1) Change directory to the Home folder:

cd ~

2) Download Lighthouse software:

curl -LO https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/releases/download/v4.0.2-rc.0/lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

3) Stop Lighthouse services:

sudo systemctl stop lighthousevalidator && sudo systemctl stop lighthousebeacon

4) Extract, Copy, and Clean up:

tar xvf lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
sudo cp lighthouse /usr/local/bin
rm lighthouse-v4.0.2-rc.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
rm lighthouse

5) Start Lighthouse services:

sudo systemctl start lighthousebeacon && sudo systemctl start lighthousevalidator

6) Use lighthouse --version to confirm v4.0.1 is installed:

lighthouse --version

You should see v4.0.2 in the response:

Lighthouse is updated and ready for the fork on April 12, 2023

Update MEV

If you don't have MEV installed, you can skip this section.

Based on CoinCashew - MEV guide

1) Compile binary and stop service

CGO_CFLAGS="-O -D__BLST_PORTABLE__" go install github.com/flashbots/mev-boost@latest
sudo systemctl stop mevboost

2) Copy binary and start mevboost

sudo cp ~/go/bin/mev-boost /usr/local/bin
sudo chown mevboost:mevboost /usr/local/bin/mev-boost
sudo systemctl start mevboost

MEVboost is now updated and ready for the fork

Now that Geth, Lighthouse, and MEV are now updated, you are ready for the Shanghai fork on April 12, 2023

Be sure to check that your validators are attesting after the fork occurs.