In order to restake, you will need to whitelist the following smart contracts:
EigenPod Manager: used to create your EigenPod
Mainnet address:
Holesky address:
EigenPod address associated to your wallet
Mainnet: Can be retrieved entering your wallet address in the getPod method
Holesky: Can be retrieved entering your wallet address in the getPod method
EigenLayer Delayed Withdrawal Router: Smart contract to withdraw rewards
Mainnet address:
Holesky address:
This contracts should be whitelisted alongside the staking and exiting contract for native staking in our dashboard that can be found
Native EigenLayer Restaking - Step-by-Step
Setup in the dashboard
As shown in the , ensure you select the "EigenLayer restaking" checkbox in the ETH staking widget of Kiln Dashboard.
Step required to start restaking on EigenLayer
Deploy an EigenPod. One EigenPod is needed for each wallet to manage your native restaked position. This pod will also receive CL rewards and the balance from exited validators.
Note: This EigenPod can be re-used for several validators.
Deploy validators with this EigenPod set as the withdrawal credentials.
Activation period & next steps
After you sign all of the transactions you can track your position in the .
Activate your restaking position
Once your validator is in the consensus layer entry queue, you're required to upload a proof to the EigenLayer contract for each validator.
In the reporting section, you will be able to see your EigenPod in status Restakable. Hover the right part of the row to display the quick action buttons, click "Restake" to start restaking.
The restake validator modal will open, connect with your right wallet and then click "Enable Restaking". Kiln's API will generate the needed EigenLayer Proofs and will prepare the right transaction to prove your validators.
Restaking - proof upload operational note
Kiln's Dashboard will batch proof upload by 60 validators.
eg. Native restaking of 2048 ETH, require running 64 validators, batching them by 60 proofs will require you to sign at least 2 transactions to complete restaking.
Delegate your EigenPod to Kiln
You can delegate your EigenPod by clicking on the Delegate action button on the EigenPod. You will be able to see the status updated and the active validator, in our case Kiln.
Congrats, you have now natively restaked, and your validator is helping secure EigenLayer AVSs and earning corresponding rewards.
To go further, you can explore the and the
Behind the scenes
To restake an Ethereum validators on the EigenLayer platform, the withdrawal_credentials address of the validator are set to an EigenPod Contract address. EigenPod is a contract deployed per restaker address, one address = one pod maximum. This is all handled by the Dashboard.
FAQs
Please visit the below page for FAQs about EigenLayer:
Note: it is not possible to change the withdrawal credentials of an already-live validator, you will need to exit your validator and restake on a new one to change them.
Please note that your ETH has not been restaked yet. You will need to wait 8 to 12 hours for your validator to become eligible for restaking activation.
You will need to repeat this action if you stake new validators in the future.
