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Ethereum Nodes & Clients — ELI5 → ELI25

ELI5: The Playground VersionThink of Ethereum as a massive multiplayer game where thousands of players keep score together, and nobody can cheat. Nodes are players holding scorebooks Clients are the two tools each player needs:Execution client — Calculates what happened (scores, moves, state changes)Consensus client — Makes sure everyone agrees on the order of eventsValidators are players who stake money to become referees and earn rewards Full nodes carry complete scorebooks and verify every...

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