Hardware requirements

This page contains three main hardware configurations that can be used in order to create a new c4e
validator machine. Please note that higher the effort you will put into creating a stable and robust machine and lower
the chances of getting slashed due to downtime.

Requirements

• Validator hardware
  • Requirements
  • Testnet

Testnet

We recommend the following hardware specifications:

Characteristic	Specification
Operative System	Ubuntu 18.04 or later LTS
Number of CPUs	4
RAM	16GB
SSD	120GB

Also, we need to make sure the following requirements are met:

• Allow incoming connections on port 26656
• Have a static IP address
• Have access to the root user