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Go implementation of Ethereum proof of stake

Is OffchainLabs/prysm beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, OffchainLabs/prysm merged 47 of 86 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. 7 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

Stars
3.8k
Forks
1.4k
Open beginner issues
7
Indexed issues
333
Avg merge
3d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
97
Dominant language
Go
License
GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push
Oct 12, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
help wanted

How to contribute to OffchainLabs/prysm

  1. Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
  2. It ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file, so you can run it without installing its whole toolchain.
  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's GPL-3.0 license.
  4. Pick one of the 7 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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