Data: Validators on Ethereum Has Exceeded 500,000

According to BeaconScan data, the number of validators on Ethereum has exceeded 500,000 and now stands at 500,093.

TokenInsight note, a validator must deposit 32 $ETH (about $45,000) to run a dedicated staking node on the PoS blockchain. They operate by consensus to process transactions on the blockchain by verifying that the conditions specified in each transaction’s smart contract code have been met.