The Weekly Orbit

The Weekly Orbit

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  • The Weekly Orbit 20 Oct 2023 Episode 25

    OUR 25TH EPISODE! Thanks for watching and listening. We appreciate you!

    This week's headlines:
    - RPL volatility
    - RPL staked breaches 50% milestone
    - 25,000 minipools
    - Joe to work with NodeSet team
    - New Senior Developer added to team starts this Monday
    - GMC Nominees
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
    RSS feed:
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    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6ilFjsb9VYkdGaZjx
    Apple:
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-orbit/id1686732351
    Google:
    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMGU5MTFiMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
    0:00 Intro
    1:46 LIDO vs RPL charts
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1164726279988318298
    7:18 RPL/USDT chart
    https://www.binance.com/en/trade/RPL_USDT?type=spot
    9:12 Binance RPL borrow limit/interest rate
    https://www.binance.com/en/margin-fee#borrowLimit
    15:11 RPL staked breaches 50% milestone
    https://rocketscan.io/rpl
    17:45 25,000 Minipools
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405503016234385409/1164918114388029541
    18:59 AAVE governance proposals
    https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-upgrade-aave-v3-eth-pool-weth-parameters/15110
    https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-chaos-labs-risk-stewards-increase-borrow-caps-on-v3-metis-ethereum-10-17-2023/15136
    20:47 Joe to work with NodeSet team
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1163310944831672441
    23:27 New Senior Developer begins work Monday
    https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1713797808946352638
    26:05 GMC Nominees
    https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/2023-10-gmc-nomination-thread/2274/22


    31 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 13 Oct 2023 Episode 24

    This week's headlines:

    - Validator queue is almost zero
    - rETH/RPL pool to provide support to RPL price
    - RPIP-4 vote begins
    - Vitalik mentions Rocket Pool in latest blog
    - NodeSet selects first node operators
    - Ledger Live now supports rETH integration
    - Smartnode v1.11.0 released
    - Lido slashed and denied Arbitrum incentives
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
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    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6ilFjsb9VYkdGaZjx
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    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-orbit/id1686732351
    Google:
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    0:00 Intro
    0:50 Sassano tweet on bear market
    https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1712766012729499708
    8:35 Validator Queue is almost zero
    https://www.validatorqueue.com/
    9:52 Deposit Pool
    https://rocketscan.io/depositpool
    12:03 RPL/ETH ratio
    https://rocketscan.io/rpl
    15:45 rETH/RPL provides support for RPL price
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1161994030276685884
    https://info.uniswap.org/#/pools/0x3051607998fe3a690237af729caa6c6d1d6d99b4
    20:02 RPIP-4 vote begins
    https://vote.rocketpool.net/#/proposal/0xf8f7e3d8595a155534d03cc5f78310c69c21009a3cbc60ac43a7fa171acf7fae
    22:45 Vitalik mentions Rocket Pool in blog post
    https://notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/staking_2023_10
    25:06 NodeSet announces selects first node operators
    https://discord.com/channels/968587363536220252/968608014116466698
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1162089863579971604
    28:35 Ledger Live now supports rETH integration
    https://twitter.com/ethStaker/status/1711709236936491263
    30:09 Smartnode v1.11.0 released
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/918351974406172723/1161884789192798228
    31:12 Lido is slashed and denied Arbitrum incentives
    https://twitter.com/lidofinance/status/1712142945783013393
    https://snapshot.org/#/arbitrumfoundation.eth/proposal/0x6b89b74c259d2cc5979c46be6cfe2ae20f9485eee728a628f56930db644da985


    37 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 06 Oct 2023 Episode 23

    This week's headlines:

    - LEB16's make up about 1/3 of minipools
    - Vitalik discusses enshrining LST's into Ethereum
    - StakeRocketPool.lens (Kent) produces videos for rpldefi.com
    - Maker rETH vaults shutting down
    - RPIP-4 discussion: Should NO's with less than 10% RPL be able to vote?
    - Joe wants to incorporate SSV into smartnode V2
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
    RSS feed:
    https://anchor.fm/s/e0e911b0/podcast/rss
    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6ilFjsb9VYkdGaZjx
    Apple:
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-orbit/id1686732351
    Google:
    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMGU5MTFiMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
    0:00 Intro
    1:14 Deposit Pool
    https://rocketscan.io/depositpool
    1:38 LEB16's make up about 1/3 of all minipools
    https://rocketscan.io/minipools
    https://www.validatorqueue.com/
    8:25 Vitalik discusses enshrining LST's into Ethereum
    https://twitter.com/drjasper_eth/status/1708142633330057644
    https://vitalik.ca/general/2023/09/30/enshrinement.html
    14:30 StakeRocketPool.lens (Kent) produces video for rpldefi.com
    https://twitter.com/StakeRocketPool/status/1704871389470023986
    15:54 Maker rETH vaults shutting down
    https://twitter.com/MakerDAO/status/1709277151545938126
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1158838034167513098
    https://twitter.com/Majestyle69/status/1709697428276793491
    20:38 RPIP-4 discussion: Should NO's with less than 10% RPL be able to vote?
    https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/rpip-4-discussion-who-should-vote/2249
    27:52 Joe will incorporate SSV into the Smartnode V2
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1159554246363054160


    32 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 22 Sept 2023 Episode 22

    Headlines for Rocket Pool the week ending 22 September 2023.

    This week's headlines:
    - RPL/ETH ratio 0.05 in the next bull run?
    - RPL buying party this weekend
    - How NodeSet works diagram
    - NodeSet estimate of rewards for Node Operators
    - NodeSet discussed with Evan, Marceau, and Ewan
    - Joe begins work on Houston
    - Danny Ryan speaks out on Lido
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
    RSS feed:
    https://anchor.fm/s/e0e911b0/podcast/rss
    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6ilFjsb9VYkdGaZjx
    Apple:
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-orbit/id1686732351
    Google:
    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lMGU5MTFiMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
    Stitcher:
    https://www.stitcher.com/show/1068263
    0:00 Intro
    0:50 Deposit Pool stats
    https://rocketscan.io/depositpool
    5:25 Smoothing Pool stats
    https://rocketscan.io/smoothingpool
    5:56 Trading View RPL/ETH LDO/ETH chart
    https://www.tradingview.com/chart/CErxX3pv/?symbol=RPLWETH
    7:32 RPL/ETH ratio 0.05 in the next bull run?
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1152730172613726279
    9:29 RPL buying party this weekend
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1154029483515453460
    11:22 How NodeSet works diagram
    https://warpcast.com/~/conversations/0xb19b4d5fc7dfc57ed3f1e6251f0d62161fe83028
    18:55 NodeSet estimate of rewards for Node Operators
    https://discord.com/channels/968587363536220252/968589754264346664
    21:58 NodeSet discussed with Evan, Marceau, and Ewan
    https://twitter.com/ib1gymnast/status/1702788370387124288
    22:38 Joe starts work on Houston
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1153500139399422042
    23:49 Danny Ryan speaks out on Lido
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ddkSa1ZuI&t=1442s


    32 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 16 Sept 2023 Episode 21

    Headlines for Rocket Pool the week ending 16 September 2023.
    This week's headlines:
    - Refresh of RPL/rETH Defi Market Rates doc

    - Vitalik meets with team in Singapore
    - Ken representing Rocket Pool at Permissionless conference
    - Joe gives timeline expectations for Houston and Saturn upgrades
    - ETHDenver volunteers given RPL
    - GMC stipend?
    - NounsDAO proposal to buy rETH using Cowswap canceled
    - Joe working on new key management system for Smartnode V2


    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!


    Podcasts
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    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6i...
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    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...
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    0:00 Intro

    1:02 Deposit Pool and Validator Queue Stats
    https://rocketscan.io/depositpool
    https://www.validatorqueue.com/
    7:27 RPL/ETH & LDO/ETH trading view chart
    https://www.tradingview.com/chart/CErxX3pv/?symbol=RPLWETH
    11:38 Refresh of RPL & rETH DeFi Market Rates doc
    www.RPLdefi.com
    14:38 Vitalik meets with team in Singapore
    https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1701156598226592135
    19:24 Ken represents Rocket Pool at Permissionless conference
    https://twitter.com/reptar258/status/1701316466392313914
    20:44 Joe gives timeline expectations for Houston & Saturn upgrades
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1151213438626971648
    27:40 ETHDenver volunteers receive RPL
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1151844846412247160
    https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/eth-denver-volunteer-claim-ra022312/2200
    31:46 GMC stipend?
    https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/proposal-gmc-member-stipend/2203
    34:21 NounsDao proposal to buy rETH using Cowswap canceled
    https://twitter.com/drjasper_eth/status/1702336040177115449
    https://nouns.wtf/vote/365
    36:34 Joe working on new key management system for Smartnode V2
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1151768072865185814

    41 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 09 Sept 2023 Episode 20

    Headlines for Rocket Pool the week ending 09 September 2023.

    This week's headlines:
    - Marcobarko is busy doing whale things
    - rETH trading at a very slight discount
    - AAVE RPL pool doubled to 840k
    - NodeSet whitelisting begins
    - Joe comments on LEB4's and megapools
    - rETH now on Base
    - Lido dominance concerns on network health
    - RPIP-4 discussion
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
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    https://anchor.fm/s/e0e911b0/podcast/rss
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    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6i...
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    Stitcher:
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    0:00 Intro
    2:18 Deposit Pool stats
    https://rocketscan.io/depositpool
    3:02 Marcobarko is busy doing whale things
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/894377118828486666/1149298080638828604
    https://rocketscan.io/address/0x9ca31754ccf5515763c13fc42422223f03ddf29e
    https://etherscan.io/address/0x2e4a502664076da55d3b11e6ef7b9a531d4660cc#tokentxns
    7:21 rETH trading at a very slight discount
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405503016234385409
    9:04 AAVE RPL pool doubled to 840k
    https://app.aave.com/reserve-overview/?underlyingAsset=0xd33526068d116ce69f19a9ee46f0bd304f21a51f&marketName=proto_mainnet_v3
    11:48 NodeSet begins whitelisting
    https://nodeset.io/
    17:58 Joe comments on LEB4's and megapools
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1149484404989771867
    22:50 rETH now on Base
    https://twitter.com/rocket_pool/status/1699819060526039466?s=46&t=f1D68E2kP7HDPqu3y8U9GA
    25:20 Lido dominance concerns on network health
    https://twitter.com/ec265/status/1700157112452596199
    https://twitter.com/drjasper_eth/status/1700142771678351631
    https://twitter.com/ryanberckmans/status/1697641418968166483
    33:50 RPIP-4 discussion
    https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/rpip-4-effective-rpl-10/2068/43


    42 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 02 Sept 2023 Episode 19

    Headlines for Rocket Pool the week ending 02 September 2023.

    This week's headlines:
    - Minipools hit 25,000!
    - 2nd highest Smoothing Pool
    - New Dune RPL dashboard
    - AAVE v3 RPL pool doubles in size
    - Jasper returns to Twitter and Farcaster!
    - Rocket Pool roadmap Houston & Saturn
    - Call for September Grant Applications
    - ETHDenver 2024 announced!
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
    RSS feed:
    https://anchor.fm/s/e0e911b0/podcast/rss
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    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6i...
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    Stitcher:
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    0:00 Intro
    1:39 Minipools reach 25,000
    https://rocketscan.io/minipools
    https://www.validatorqueue.com/
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/894377118828486666/1146172357887655997
    4:01 Deposit Pool
    https://rocketscan.io/depositpool
    6:25 2nd highest Smoothing Pool
    https://rocketscan.io/smoothingpool
    8:45 New Dune RPL dashboard
    https://dune.com/arixon/rocketpool-rpl
    12:55 AAVE v3 RPL pool doubles
    https://app.aave.com/reserve-overview/?underlyingAsset=0xd33526068d116ce69f19a9ee46f0bd304f21a51f&marketName=proto_mainnet_v3
    18:27 Jasper returns to Twitter & Farcaster
    https://twitter.com/drjasper_eth/status/1695937327942582332
    https://warpcast.com/jasper-eth
    https://warpcast.com/waq
    https://warpcast.com/thenextmayor
    24:20 Rocket Pool Roadmap Houston & Saturn
    https://warpcast.com/thenextmayor
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/774497904559783947/1145994242087469106
    32:35 Call from September Grant Applications
    https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/september-1-9-2023-gmc-call-for-grant-applications-deadline-is-september-9/2156
    36:00 ETHDenver 2024
    https://www.ethdenver.com/


    39 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 26 August 2023 Episode 18

    Headlines for Rocket Pool the week ending 26 August 2023.

    This week's headlines:
    - rETH supply breaks 500k
    - LEB4's coming?
    - RocketArb to be integrated with the Smartnode Stack
    - Will this be the 2nd best Smoothing Pool reward period?
    - BloXroute ethical relay sun setting.
    - Jasper writes a banger of an essay on LST's, Nodeset
    - RPL Tokenomics reform sentiment poll
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
    RSS feed:
    https://anchor.fm/s/e0e911b0/podcast/rss
    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6i...
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    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...
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    https://www.stitcher.com/show/1068263
    0:00 Intro
    0:57 Waq and Ramana
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1144338723954237541
    1:21 Deposit Pool breaks 500k rETH
    https://dune.com/drworm/rocketpool
    4:07 LEB4 coming?
    9:09 Deposit Pool/Thomas begins bond reduction
    https://rocketscan.io/minipools
    https://www.validatorqueue.com/
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/894377118828486666
    https://rocketscan.io/node/0x17fa597cec16ab63a7ca00fb351eb4b29ffa6f46
    14:28 RocketArb will be integrated into Smartnode Stack
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1143062351629779014
    20:16 Will this be the 2nd best Smoothing Pool ever?
    https://rocketscan.io/smoothingpool
    26:53 BloXroute relay is sunsetting
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/918351974406172723
    29:48 Jasper post on LST's/NodeSet discussion
    https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/15w1z93/comment/jx0c6hw/?context=3&share_id=kIWIdmTzSQxp335oLiICF&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1&rdt=43296
    32:20 RPL Tokenomics reform sentiment poll
    https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/rpl-staking-rework-proposal/2090/20


    38 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 18 August 2023 Episode 17

    Headlines for Rocket Pool the week ending 18 August 2023.

    This week's headlines:
    - Rocketarb & rETH premium is back
    - RPL/ETH ratio holds well during volatility
    - Huge Smoothing Pool deposit
    - Five governance proposals
    - Jasper suspended
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
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    https://anchor.fm/s/e0e911b0/podcast/rss
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    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6i...
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    0:00 Intro
    0:59 Dr Worm Dune Dashboard
    https://dune.com/drworm/rocketpool
    3:05 Rocketarb rETH premium
    https://wenmerge.com/
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405503016234385409
    7:15 RPL/ETH ratio
    https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/rocket-pool
    10:24 Massive Smoothing Pool deposit
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1141477803150295162
    https://rocketscan.io/smoothingpool
    13:10 Governance proposals
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/774497904559783947/1140485540693671946
    23:19 Jasper suspended
    https://twitter.com/waqwaqattack/status/1690742930816847872
    https://twitter.com/waqwaqattack/status/1691945079181586557
    https://twitter.com/shf_ryn/status/1692232077586899358


    30 min
  • The Weekly Orbit 11 August 2023 Episode 16

    Headlines for Rocket Pool the week ending 11 August 2023.

    This week's headlines:
    - Node Operator count over 3100
    - rETH over 500,000
    - RPL challenge results in pump
    - RPL tokenomics update
    - rETH integrates with Notional Finance and Mean Finance
    - Rocketscan pilot demonstration
    All this along with Rocket Pool stats for the week!
    Podcasts
    RSS feed:
    https://anchor.fm/s/e0e911b0/podcast/rss
    Spotify:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/6Mx5Y6i...
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    0:00 Intro
    1:08 Node Operators reach 3100
    https://rocketscan.io/nodes
    https://www.validatorqueue.com/
    6:09 rETH reaches 500,000
    https://twitter.com/jasper_eth/status/1688537443224502273
    https://rocketscan.io/depositpool
    12:40 elpresidank RPL challenge leads to pump
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/405163713063288832/1138641612218576976
    https://rocketscan.io/node/0xc23b28337896ab92d7e8ed0303cec0609a58143b
    18:22 Index Coop DPI purchase pumps RPL
    https://twitter.com/indexcoop/status/1689686436298072093
    https://www.scalara.xyz/blog/july-2023-rebalance-defi-pulse-index
    https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/rocket-pool
    22:38 RPL Tokenomics update
    https://github.com/Valdorff/rp-thoughts/tree/rpl_staking/rpl_staking#phasing-in-the-rules
    https://www.desmos.com/calculator/f94bvquuxd
    26:23 Notional Finance integrates rETH
    https://twitter.com/notionalfinance/status/1687448684596703232
    28:09 Mean Finance integrates rETH
    https://twitter.com/mean_fi/status/1687554017030000640
    29:16 Coinbase Ventures announces RPL purchase and validators
    https://twitter.com/cbventures/status/1689639108837249024
    30:00 peteris demonstrates Rocketscan pilot
    https://discord.com/channels/405159462932971535/1137139246940041216/1138847143508054026
    32:00 Take Off Into DeFi featuring Eigenlayer
    https://twitter.com/waqwaqattack/status/1679302598564642817


    34 min

About The Weekly Orbit

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Pat and Waq breakdown the weekly top stories and metrics of Rocket Pool, the premier decentralized Ethereum staking protocol.