This is episode 8 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 stories.   

In this episode, we talk to Patches, 0xPatches, a prominent Rocket Pool community member. Patches shares his crypto journey, how he found Rocket Pool, stories from his time helping in support, and some other things he's working on at the moment such as the rescue node.

0:00 - Intro/ Early Days in Bitcoin 

5:24 - Crypto Communities Early on 

7:34 - What attracted you to cryptocurrency?  

10:27 - Discovering Ethereum 

12:43 - Staking on Rocketpool 

19:46 - Rocketpool Discord 

25:46 - Providing #Support 

28:31 - Becoming a Rocket Scientist 

33:02 - Meeting People from the Community in Real Life 

40:05 - #Support Greatest hits: Waqwaqattack 

50:53 - #Support Greatest hits: pirateCove 

55:56-  #Support Greatest hits: Marceau 

1:03:10 - #Support Greatest hits: LookingForOwls 

1:07:18 - #Support Greatest hits: sci.hank 

1:13:30 - The Rescue Node  

1:29:48 - Smoothing Pool Dashboard 

1:34:55 - Goodbyes  

Timestamps kindly provided by trevorn.eth