# Validated: Staking on eth2 #0 -- Beacon Chain, Sharding, and Validator Roles

DevFeed: [Validated: Staking on eth2 #0 -- Beacon Chain, Sharding, and Validator Roles](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/validated-staking-on-eth2-0-16873.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2019/11/27/validated-staking-on-eth2-no-0>)

Author: Carl Beekhuizen

Published: 2019-11-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [pos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pos.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sharding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sharding.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces eth2 and explains the validator-focused role of its beacon chain. It describes the phased design: Phase 0 manages validators and shard coordination, Phase 1 adds shard data, and Phase 2 adds execution to create a decentralized computing platform.

## Source excerpt

Thanks to Danny and Joe for review. As the launch of the beacon chain grows nearer and eth2 becomes ever more final, the time has come to fast-sync the community with the latest on the inner workings of eth2 and on the concrete requirements, incentives and experience of being...