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Sentry Node Architecture: Keeping Validators Invisible

A validator that can be found can be attacked. We walk through the full topology we run in production: private peering, sentry rotation, and the config that makes a consensus node unreachable from the public internet.

June 24, 2026 · Helios Infrastructure Team
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