A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum.  

0:00 - Welcome   

0:21 - Happy all-time high day! https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062771607174643722 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062959316438618283 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062966501486903296 https://discord.com/channels/823815099991064586/833727532221071402/1062977721552085002 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062998056108294214 https://poap.gallery/event/96545 

5:47 - Joe on Launch Pad https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1063122554182697082 

7:16 - Coinbase oDAO https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163979141545995/1062872861867528273 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062884070138331136 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062970485773697024 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062925760257601556 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062967843471249408 

14:20 - High-priority Lighthouse update https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/918351974406172723/1062942057691361341 

15:17 - Pendle integration https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1613355161342345217 16:51 - oDAOs are up-to-date https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062813975756144781 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062877869518368828 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062954404552114196 

20:58 - Smoothing pool gets 6000 minipools https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062923141292249128 

22:03 - Userbrn brings us down to earth a bit https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1063097002709241866 

25:25 - Rocket Pool branding https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062785864423452682 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062885741966929991

This is episode 7 of Launch Pad. In this show, we interview members of the Rocket Pool community to find out how they got here and to share some of their insights.   

In this episode, we talk to Joe, JCRTP, a Rocket Pool team member. Joe shares his crypto journey from running quantum computing simulations to Ethereum mining and then to being a low-power staking arm-bassador. Finally, Joe talks about the Proteus, his low-power staking hardware.

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum.  0:00 - Welcome   0:20 - Myso Finance goes live https://twitter.com/MysoFinance/status/1612885617737711617 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062506963709202512 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062714932296175646  

9:23 - Changes to the oDAO https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/774497904559783947/1062526197428408371  

11:33 - Jasper’s rETH tweet thread #2  https://twitter.com/Jasper_ETH/status/1612280345994596354  

12:58 - When will Rocket Pool hit a new ATH? https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062433611200077874 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062771607174643722  

14:40 - RP and LSD focused tweet thread https://twitter.com/defi_naly/status/1612888849251766276  

17:28 - Joe has some Proteus info https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062630347210231898  

19:09 - Community call with some extra info! https://twitter.com/shtimseht/status/1612664081709957120  

19:55 - Wander has some info on NOA https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062489251415068712  

22:27 - Bawcey has some high-quality LSD https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062557398910369812 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062765066409226371  

24:06 - Patches’ and Val with work they did this week https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062458979567026226 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062527310982561862

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum.  

0:00 - Welcome   

0:16 - New Rocket Fuel Branding https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClIwj7vC8LQO4sMH3zguXVg https://twitter.com/RocketFuelRPL  

3:00 - Community call and update https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163979141545995/1062289837895471114  

4:38 - New RP router is available on the stake.rocketpool.net website https://twitter.com/rocket_pool/status/1612495605720567808  

6:58 - New CEX listings https://discord.com/channels/823815099991064586/833727532221071402/1062289683226312725  

8:19 - Ken’s post on Atlas release https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061803156847210526  

11:00 - Love for Jasper’s episode of Lunch Pad https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061534028492185710  

12:34 - Joe’s back to work https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061755981333274634 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062094479588327465 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062219540131496047 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062318028064305212  

14:45 - TVL in RP is above 500k eth now! https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061562608836157552  

15:44 - Fornax hackathon prize https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062172826582388806  

17:12 - Shanghai testnet in February https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061660351923507240  

18:12 - CoinGecko mess up market cap of RPL https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062103281406591008 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062363686523654205  

20:24 - Community members setting up their nodes! https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062260088385048618 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062371984794726430  

22:02 - Work members of the community did https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061673879187243039 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062181837054689290 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062247180242538516 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062371294034788413 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062375952719548467 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062393150963978250 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062440658348032060 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1062441947215708240  

25:48 - Munchkiner proposes (not on Ethereum) https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062104545787912302 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062109023001919538 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1062113209621958706

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum.  

0:00 - Welcome   

0:28 - ETH/RPL close to all-time high https://discord.com/channels/823815099991064586/914846852057288745/1062035101019553933 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/rocket-pool/eth 

4:28 - Grants are open!! Dao.rocketpool.net  

9:00 - How much should grants pay https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061376580586307605 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061380987604455505 

12:05 - Polygon integration https://discord.com/channels/823815099991064586/833727532221071402/1062018490342572133 

13:26 - RPL thesis tweet thread https://twitter.com/cmspeary/status/1611025665549275140 

16:00 - Ramana buys 882 RPL https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061067650576437258 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061078315907162203 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061101571133427854 

18:07 - Rocket Pool on the Bankless weekly roll up https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061372326828068935 

19:55 - Jasper’s paper is translated to Chinese https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061334787127775323 

22:01 - Premium is going away https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061451551182442546 

23:43 - Australia is all RP https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061112881699102881 

24:30 - Vail is selling POAP prints (maybe) https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061128522514563082 

25:13 - I’m losing my job https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061132285295997038 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1061291728763625643 

27:52 - Denver is looking great https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1050499266176618597/1061461477652967477

This is episode 6 of Launch Pad. In this show, we interview members of the Rocket Pool community to find out how they got here and to share some of their insights.   

In this episode, we talk to Jasper, jasperthefriendlyghost.eth, a prominent member of the Rocket Pool community. Jasper shares his crypto journey from first investing in crypto in 2017 to becoming a pillar of the Rocket Pool community. He also talks about rETH in DeFi and his paper "Why Paradigm Was Wrong: How rETH Will Flip stETH".

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum.  

0:00 - Welcome   

0:45 - Smarnode update to 1.7.2 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/918351974406172723/1058232832994066523 

2:01 - Jasper’s paper https://mirror.xyz/jasperthefriendlyghost.eth/pnaLyH6W4j58vfypsOKHciF_BM5HFvTkouTd9uThesM https://twitter.com/waqwaqattack/status/1607228828736434176 

5:15 - Grants are open!! https://dao.rocketpool.net/ 

6:28 - oDAO issues https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/improving-odao-participation/1333 

8:25 - Proteus update https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1056501779606544384 

10:15 - MarcZeller from Aave asks to speak to the team https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/468923220607762485/1059421323224416258 

11:57 - We need volunteers for the booth at Denver https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1057385846287896626 

13:17 - Shoutout to support! https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/468923220607762485/1055916373718618293 

15:12 - Sassal sending love https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1058715353846390784 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/894377118828486666/1058379503254118420 

16:40 - Phiz with how he’s approaching promoting RP this year https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1059459954647502888 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1059464926697107466 

20:30 - Shoutout for the POAP team https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1057050048447402054 

21:41 - Price is doing good stuff https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1059449138309242942 https://discord.com/channels/823815099991064586/914846852057288745/1059497788586590379 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1059487357822304318

In this episode, I read out Jasper's "Why Paradigm Was Wrong- How rETH Will Flip stETH" paper to make it more accessible to a greater number of people in the Rocket Pool community.

A daily update on what's happening in the Rocket Pool community on Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and the DAO forum.  

0:00 - Welcome   

0:29 - Launch Pad episode with Sassal https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1055320321906966699 

2:04 - 100th episode POAP https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1055207653967667200 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1008896635734069349/1055232058693275679 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1055230225958568026 

4:14 - End-of-year message from the team https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163979141545995/1055257961557151754 

6:30 - Important update about client versions https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/918351974406172723/1055325306916982794 

7:43 - Weather problems cause issues for nodes https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1055867892253593703 https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/468923220607762485/1055916373718618293 

11:25 - The Proteus has a cost https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1055709655151685742 

12:35 - EVMavricks swap eth for rETH https://discord.com/channels/963992696387694592/965746773559758949/1055965591095230525 

14:13 - Change Deposit Pool to have more rETH available on launch day for mini pools https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1055288877696421961 

15:15 - Governance change proposal https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/proposed-committee-structure-changes/1323 

16:46 - Treasury report https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1055338473164378192 

17:54 - Grant for Denver https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1040445327360139284/1054846591795728495 

19:02 - RPL climbing the rankings https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1055190259861835806

This is episode 5 of Launch Pad. In this show, we interview members of the Rocket Pool community to find out how they got here and to share some of their insights.   

In this episode, we talk to Anthony Sassano, Sassal.eth, the host of The Daily Gwei. Sassal shares his crypto journey from trading Bitcoin in 2013 to becoming a member of the oDAO for Rocket Pool. He also talks about staking, LSDs, MEV concerns, and the Ethereum road map.  

0:00 - Welcome, Anthony Sassano  

1:18 - Who is Anthony Sassano  

5:30 - Anthony’s beginnings in crypto  

10:05 - Questions about 1st and 2nd cycles  

17:45 - What kept Anthony around in 2018  

24:20 - What was ethHub  

27:04 - Transition from ethHub to TDG  

29:52 - Transition from Normie life to Crypto  

35:03 - Anthony’s peers during his rise  

37:06 - Negative feelings from community  

40:48 - Positives of the bear market  

43:26 - How Anthony got into Rocket Pool  

51:09 - Controversies of the oDAO  

53:32 - Anthony and RPL Community  

56:46 - Rocket Pool in 2023  

59:06 - Overview of staking ecosystem  

1:11:10 - Ethereum roadmap outlook  

1:15:27 - Opinions on Censorship  

1:25:21 - Wrap-up and advice