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Attestations
WHAT ARE ATTESTATIONS
An attestation is a statement or action that confirms, authenticates, or verifies the validity of a fact or status.
Historically, attestations have been carried out through physical means such as seals, signatures, and human witnesses. For example, the criterion of multiple attestation, also called the criterion of independent attestation or the cross-section method, is a tool used by Biblical scholars to help determine whether certain actions or sayings by Jesus in the New Testament are from the Historical Jesus. Simply put, the more independent witnesses that report an event or saying, the better. This criterion was first developed by F. C. Burkitt in 1906, at the end of the first quest for the historical Jesus.
Attestations have evolved significantly with the advent of computers and the internet. Today, they take the form of structured data secured by digital signatures.
OUR ATTESTATIONS
An attestation confirms and certifies the validity of a claim or assertion, such as a statement, event, or legal document, and enables verifiers to confidently accept or reject those claims.
Under Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, validators are responsible for confirming the accuracy and validity of newly proposed blocks. At regular intervals, each validator observes the state of the network and submits an attestation: a cryptographically signed vote indicating which block it believes should be added to the blockchain. These attestations collectively determine the finalization of the network and are essential to maintaining the security, integrity, and continuity of the Ethereum ecosystem.