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# IDepositContract

> Deposit Contract Interface

This interface exposes methods to perform validator deposits

## Methods

### deposit

```solidity
function deposit(bytes pubkey, bytes withdrawalCredentials, bytes signature, bytes32 depositDataRoot) external payable
```

Official deposit method to activate a validator on the consensus layer

#### Parameters

| Name                  | Type    | Description                                                                   |
| --------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| pubkey                | bytes   | The 48 bytes long BLS Public key representing the validator                   |
| withdrawalCredentials | bytes   | The 32 bytes long withdrawal credentials, configures the withdrawal recipient |
| signature             | bytes   | The 96 bytes long BLS Signature performed by the pubkey's private key         |
| depositDataRoot       | bytes32 | The root hash of the whole deposit data structure                             |

### get\_deposit\_root

```solidity
function get_deposit_root() external view returns (bytes32)
```

Query the current deposit root hash.

#### Returns

| Name | Type    | Description            |
| ---- | ------- | ---------------------- |
| \_0  | bytes32 | The deposit root hash. |


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