Installation

Docker (recommended)

The simplest way to run Arbitrum Reth is with Docker Compose, which starts both the execution client and the Nitro consensus node.

git clone https://github.com/0xBloctopus/arbitrum-reth.git
cd arbitrum-reth
cp .env.example .env

Edit .env to set your L1 RPC endpoints:

PARENT_CHAIN_RPC_URL=https://eth-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/YOUR_KEY
PARENT_CHAIN_BEACON_URL=https://eth-sepoliabeacon.g.alchemy.com/v2/YOUR_KEY

Start the stack:

docker compose up -d

Arbitrum Reth will start syncing Arbitrum Sepolia. The Nitro consensus node waits for Arbitrum Reth to pass its healthcheck before starting.

Verify sync progress

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8545 \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'

View logs

docker compose logs -f arbitrum-reth    # execution client
docker compose logs -f nitro      # consensus node

Stop

docker compose down

Data is persisted in Docker named volumes (arbitrum-reth-data, nitro-data) and survives restarts.

Build from Source

Requirements

Rust 1.93 or later
clang and libclang-dev (for C dependencies)
cmake (for cryptographic library builds)

Build

git clone https://github.com/0xBloctopus/arbitrum-reth.git
cd arbitrum-reth
cargo build --release -p arb-reth

The binary is at ./target/release/arb-reth.

Run

Arbitrum Reth requires a JWT secret for the Engine API connection with the Nitro consensus node:

openssl rand -hex 32 > /path/to/jwt.hex

Start the node:

./target/release/arb-reth node \
  --chain=genesis/arbitrum-sepolia.json \
  --datadir=/path/to/data \
  --http \
  --http.addr=0.0.0.0 \
  --http.api=eth,web3,net,debug \
  --authrpc.addr=0.0.0.0 \
  --authrpc.jwtsecret=/path/to/jwt.hex

Ports

Port	Service	Auth
8545	JSON-RPC (HTTP)	None
8551	Engine API	JWT

The Nitro consensus node connects to port 8551 using the shared JWT secret.

Running the Consensus Node

Arbitrum Reth is an execution client only. It needs the Nitro consensus node to receive L1 messages and drive block production. You can run Nitro separately:

docker run offchainlabs/nitro-node:v3.10.0-rc.2-746bda2 \
  --init.empty=true \
  --init.validate-genesis-assertion=false \
  --parent-chain.connection.url=YOUR_L1_RPC \
  --parent-chain.blob-client.beacon-url=YOUR_BEACON_URL \
  --chain.id=421614 \
  --node.execution-rpc-client.url=http://HOST:8551 \
  --node.execution-rpc-client.jwtsecret=/path/to/jwt.hex \
  --node.sequencer=false \
  --node.feed.input.url=wss://sepolia-rollup.arbitrum.io/feed

The docker-compose.yml in the repository handles this setup automatically.