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14 changes: 7 additions & 7 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Base is a secure, low-cost, developer-friendly Ethereum L2 built on Optimism's [

### Supported Clients

- `geth` (default)
- `reth`
- `reth` (default)
- `geth`
- `nethermind`

## Requirements
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The following are the hardware specifications we use in production:

#### Geth Full Node
#### Reth Archive Node (recommended)

- **Instance**: AWS i4i.12xlarge
- **Instance**: AWS i7i.12xlarge
- **Storage**: RAID 0 of all local NVMe drives (`/dev/nvme*`)
- **Filesystem**: ext4

#### Reth Archive Node
#### Geth Full Node

- **Instance**: AWS i7ie.6xlarge
- **Instance**: AWS i7i.12xlarge
- **Storage**: RAID 0 of all local NVMe drives (`/dev/nvme*`)
- **Filesystem**: ext4

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`CLIENT=supported_client docker compose up --build`

Supported clients:
- geth
- reth (with Flashblocks support option, see [Reth Node README](./reth/README.md))
- geth
- nethermind

## Configuration
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Expand Up @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ METRICS_PORT="${METRICS_PORT:-6060}"
DISCOVERY_PORT="${DISCOVERY_PORT:-30303}"
P2P_PORT="${P2P_PORT:-30303}"
ADDITIONAL_ARGS=""
NODE_TYPE="${NODE_TYPE:-vanilla}"
NODE_TYPE="${NODE_TYPE:-base}"

if [[ -z "${RETH_CHAIN:-}" ]]; then
echo "expected RETH_CHAIN to be set" 1>&2
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