Rocket Pool
Summary
Rocket Pool is a decentralized, non-custodial Ethereum liquid staking protocol founded in 2016 by David Rugendyke and launched on mainnet in November 2021. It issues two tokens: rETH (a liquid staking derivative) and RPL (a governance and collateral token). As of mid-2026, the protocol holds approximately $924 million in total value locked, making it the second-largest decentralized Ethereum staking provider by TVL, behind Lido Finance.
Connected Entities
1 entities · 10 linked investigations- + 3 more
Timeline(13 events)
2016-01-01
David Rugendyke begins development of Rocket Pool in anticipation of Ethereum's transition to Proof-of-Stake.
Messari — What is Rocket Pool2021-11-09
Rocket Pool mainnet launches on Ethereum, becoming the second-largest Ethereum staking provider within weeks.
Messari — What is Rocket Pool2023-01-16
Consensys Diligence begins Atlas v1.2 audit; a critical reentrancy vulnerability in the node distributor is identified and remediated before deployment.
Rocket Pool Atlas v1.2 Audit — Consensys Diligence2023-04-18
Atlas upgrade goes live, reducing node operator ETH bond from 16 ETH to 8 ETH following Ethereum Shapella.
The Atlas Update — Rocket Pool Documentation2023-09-06
A crypto whale loses approximately $24 million in rETH and stETH via an approval phishing attack. The attack does not involve any Rocket Pool protocol vulnerability.
Crypto Whale Loses $24M in Staked Ethereum to Phishing Attack — CoinTelegraph2024-01-17
Rocket Pool's X (Twitter) account is compromised; attackers post false claims of a smart contract hack and direct users to a malicious migration link. No protocol breach occurs.
Rocket Pool's X Account Compromised — Crypto.news2024-06-17
Houston upgrade goes live, introducing on-chain pDAO governance and treasury management.
Rocket Pool Houston Upgrade — Medium2024-06-28
SEC files complaint against Consensys Software, alleging unregistered securities offerings through MetaMask Staking's facilitation of rETH and stETH. Rocket Pool is named but is not a defendant. RPL declines approximately 10%.
SEC Complaint Against Consensys — SEC.gov2024-10-28
Saturn 0 upgrade activates, removing the mandatory RPL bond for new minipools.
Rocket Pool Activates Saturn 0 — ETH Daily2026-02-11
Saturn 1 upgrade deploys to Ethereum mainnet, introducing megapools, RPL fee switch, and 4 ETH minimum node bond.
Rocket Pool Saturn I Upgrade — OfficialDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 5/31/2026, 5:41:39 PM
last updated: 5/31/2026, 5:41:45 PM
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