# EPF Week 4 Update (NC Navie Chan)

## Summary

This week we have gotten an approval from the devs on our Beacon Chain APIs albeit there is some trouble merging and the devs are trying to fix it.
Tried to set up a node + validator for testnet and realized the whole issue with Goerli faucet being drained and ill-allocated Goerli ETH preventing new validators from joining the network. I am thinking of an alternative way to set up my local environment for development and testing purpose before the ephemeral testnet is up.
## What I did

- Have implemeted changes according to the feedback from various devs on the Beacon API's PRs
- Obtained approvals from devs on the PRs (Finally! Kudos to Paul Harris)
- Read up guides on how to set up a validator
- Read up this [article](https://notes.ethereum.org/@djrtwo/Bkn3zpwxB?type=view) by Danny Ryan on Phase 0

## Goal next week
- Will have our first meeting with Sproul and Kevin discussing our next step
- Follow up with the devs on the PR merge
- Set up a local dev environment