Teku architecture
The following diagram outlines the Teku high-level architecture.
Teku contains both a beacon node and validator client implementation. The beacon node is the primary link to the Beacon Chain. The validator client performs validator duties.
You can run the beacon node only, or run the beacon node and validator client.
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