Ropsten TTD override

Use the following command to override the Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD) in your client.

Note: the current value of 50000000000000000 will be changed on June 3, 2022 to a TTD expected to be hit around June 8, 2022.

Geth

To override TTD in geth we should start the node with:
--override.terminaltotaldifficulty 50000000000000000.

Nethermind

To override TTD in Nethermind we should start the node with:
--Merge.TerminalTotalDifficulty 50000000000000000

Besu

For besu there are a couple of options:

  • via toml config, add a config line:
    override-genesis-config=["terminalTotalDifficulty=50000000000000000"]
  • via cli parameter:
    --override-genesis-config="terminalTotalDifficulty=50000000000000000"

Erigon

Use --override.terminaltotaldifficulty=50000000000000000

Lighthouse

Use --terminal-total-difficulty-override=50000000000000000

Nimbus

Use --terminal-total-difficulty-override=50000000000000000

Teku

Use --Xnetwork-total-terminal-difficulty-override=50000000000000000 on the latest build

Prysm

You need to update the config.yaml file with the new TOTAL_TERMINAL_DIFFICULTY in your configuration directory and restart your client

Lodestar

You can use --terminal-total-difficulty-override 50000000000000000 to override the TTD. For more information, see this blog post.

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