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/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 align=\"center\"\u003eCharon\u003cbr/\u003eThe Distributed Validator middleware client\u003c/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/obolnetwork/charon/releases/\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/tag/obolnetwork/charon.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/ObolNetwork/charon/blob/main/LICENSE\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Business%20Source%201.1-green.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://godoc.org/github.com/obolnetwork/charon\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://godoc.org/github.com/obolnetwork/charon?status.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/obolnetwork/charon\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/obolnetwork/charon\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/ObolNetwork/charon/actions/workflows/golangci-lint.yml\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://github.com/obolnetwork/charon/workflows/golangci-lint/badge.svg\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\nThis repo contains the source code for the distributed validator client _Charon_ (pronounced 'kharon'); a HTTP middleware client for Ethereum Staking that enables you to safely run a single validator across a group of independent nodes.\n\nCharon is accompanied by a webapp called the [Distributed Validator Launchpad](https://holesky.launchpad.obol.tech/) for distributed validator key creation.\n\nCharon is used by stakers to distribute the responsibility of running Ethereum Validators across a number of different instances and client implementations.\n\n![Example Obol Cluster](./docs/images/DVCluster.png)\n\n###### A Distributed Validator Cluster that uses the Charon client to hedge client and hardware failure risks\n\n## Quickstart\n\nThe easiest way to test out charon is with the [charon-distributed-validator-cluster](https://github.com/ObolNetwork/charon-distributed-validator-cluster) repo\nwhich contains a docker compose setup for running a full charon cluster on your local machine.\n\n## Documentation\n\nThe [Obol Docs](https://docs.obol.tech/) website is the best place to get started.\nThe important sections are [intro](https://docs.obol.org/learn/charon),\n[key concepts](https://docs.obol.tech/docs/int/key-concepts) and [charon](https://docs.obol.tech/docs/charon/intro).\n\nFor detailed documentation on this repo, see the [docs](docs) folder:\n\n- [Configuration](docs/configuration.md): Configuring a charon node\n- [Architecture](docs/architecture.md): Overview of charon cluster and node architecture\n- [Project Structure](docs/structure.md): Project folder structure\n- [Branching and Release Model](docs/branching.md): Git branching and release model\n- [Go Guidelines](docs/goguidelines.md): Guidelines and principals relating to go development\n- 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