Consolidate Validators

The Operator Service supports consolidation of legacy 0x01 validators to 0x02 compound validators using the consolidate command, enabling variable validator balances up to 2048 ETH. This reduces the validator count and infrastructure overhead by merging multiple 32 ETH validators into fewer, higher-balance validators.

Validators Manager Required

The wallet executing this command must be set as the Validators Manager → in the Vault settings. If the Validators Manager is set to the wallet address of the Relayer, you have to add the --relayer-endpoint parameter.

You can either specify --source-public-keys (0x01 or 0x02 validators) and --target-public-key (0x02 validators) parameters to consolidate specific validators, or run without these parameters for automatic consolidation. By default, the following logic applies:

1. If there are no 0x02 validators, take the oldest 0x01 validator and convert it to 0x02 with confirmation prompt
2. If there is a 0x02 validator, take the oldest 0x01 validators and top up the 0x02 validator balance to 2048 ETH / 64 GNO with confirmation prompt

# Automatic consolidation
./operator consolidate --vault=0x000...

# Manual consolidation with specific keys
./operator consolidate --vault=0x000... --source-public-keys=0x001,0x002 --target-public-key=0x003

Usage Options

Consolidate Specific Validators

./operator consolidate \
  --vault=0x000... \
  --source-public-keys=0x001,0x002 \
  --target-public-key=0x003

Consolidate Using File

For managing multiple validators, use a file containing public keys (one per line):

./operator consolidate \
  --vault=0x000... \
  --source-public-keys-file=public_keys.txt \
  --target-public-key=0x003

Convert 0x01 to 0x02 (Same Key)

To convert validators while keeping the same public key:

./operator consolidate \
  --vault=0x000... \
  --source-public-keys=0x001 \
  --target-public-key=0x001

Example Output

Enter the comma separated list of API endpoints for execution nodes: : https://execution-node
Enter the comma separated list of API endpoints for consensus nodes: https://consensus-node
Enter your vault address: 0x3320ad928c20187602a2b2c04eeaa813fa899468
Consolidating 2 validators:
    0x001 -> 0x003
    0x002 -> 0x003
Proceed consolidation? [Y/n]: y
Fetched signatures for validator consolidation: Received 11 out of 11 approvals
Submitting consolidate validators transaction
Waiting for transaction 0x00000... confirmation
Validators has been successfully consolidated

Important Notes

The --target-public-key must be a compounding validator. The consolidation process requires Oracle signatures in case of switching from 0x01 to 0x02, which are automatically fetched during the operation.