Thread by @goldk3y_

In Richard Heart's latest update tweet, he mentioned 4 #PulseChain clients.

Many are still asking what these are - here is a breakdown:

1/ 🧵 Thread

go-pulse is a fork of go-ethereum (Geth).

Go is simply a programming language, Geth is a Go implementation of Ethereum.

Geth is an execution client that handles transactions, deployment, and execution of smart contracts and contains the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).

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prysm-pulse is a fork of Prysm, a Go implementation of the Ethereum consensus protocol, and is currently the largest consensus client.

It contains a full beacon node implementation as well as a validator client for participating in blockchain consensus.

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erigon-pulse is a fork of Erigon, which is a fork of Geth - meaning it is another execution client written in Go.

Erigon implemented changes to the full sync algorithm and storage system, allowing you to sync an Ethereum archive node much faster and using less disk space.

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lighhouse-pulse is a fork of Lighthouse, a consensus client written in Rust.

Lighthouse is currently the second-largest consensus client next to Prysm, and is built with a focus on speed and security.

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To summarize, Richard Heart shared 4 clients for PulseChain.

2 are execution clients, 2 are consensus clients.

Execution Clients
1. Prysm
2. Lighthouse

Consensus Clients
1. Geth
2. Erigon

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The Execution Clients listen and execute transactions and maintain the latest state and database of all PulseChain data, while the Consensus Clients provide consensus (using PoS algorithm) from validated data from the Execution Client.

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*Execution Clients
1. Geth
2. Erigon

Consensus Clients
1. Prysm
2. Lighthouse