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Telos Node Quickstart

Telos Zero nodes run TelosZero Core. The same nodeos binary can be configured as a private producer/finalizer, vote relay, public API node, State History node, or P2P seed. Start with Types of Nodes to keep security, storage, and plugin responsibilities separate.

Block producer and Savanna finalizer​

A post-Savanna BP signs scheduled blocks with a K1 key and finalizer votes with a separate BLS key. Instant finality is part of the normal producer role, not an optional activation step or separate service.

  1. Review the producer role.
  2. Install the approved TelosZero Core release.
  3. Configure and register the private producer.
  4. Set up, register, verify, rotate, and recover the finalizer.

API, SHiP, relay, and exchange nodes​

Non-producing nodes do not need BLS keys. Pure API and SHiP nodes outside a BP vote path can leave vote processing disabled; an intermediate vote relay needs positive vote-threads but no finalizer key.

Telos EVM data nodes​

Telos EVM RPC and indexing use the Telos consensus/SHiP stream with an EVM execution and history stack. See telos-reth and the Telos EVM Docker controller for those deployment paths.