This POAP will be used to vote on polls created within the Rocket Pool server.

The night of October 4th around 7PM UTC, StakeWise founder Dmitri Tsumak discovered a severe vulnerability in Rocket Pool that could have led to the theft of users’ funds if exploited. Dmitri initially decided to report the vulnerability anonymously and by 11PM UTC, Dmitri had written Rocket Pool a detailed report and made contact with their core team under the /latebird/ alias. Rocket Pool soon confirmed the validity of the exploit and by 7AM UTC charted the appropriate course of action to ensure the safety of users’ funds. With this act the StakeWise team showed its commitment to fair competition and security of the whole Ethereum ecosystem. This POAP is a sportful way to show gratitude from the Rocket Pool to the StakeWise community.

Right when we thought launch was nigh, it was ripped from us by a white-hat guy. How long will it be? We shall see, per diem. When will our time come? Soon™.

With less than 24hrs to launch, the jubilance is high and mainnet is nigh. A ping signals and #announcements has a notification. Finally the contracts are ready! *eagerly reads message* "We've just been alerted to a potential critical exploit...." Mixed emotions arise, happy to find before mainnet but sad about the delay. The first sells start pouring in. "This is fine" you tell yourself and others. Then the sells start accelerating. You're getting weak in the knees questioning your life choices, then the ground starts to firm up. You see thomasg, looking as strong and chad as ever, holding back the sells and protecting the faithful. The panic subsides and the market calms. We await to see what comes henceforth, but we're confident in the future.

On 4th of October a white hat (who chose to remain anonymous) revealed a potential critical exploit in the node side of protocol that could allow an operator to submit previously made withdrawal credentials for a minipool. In the matter of hours the Rocket Pool team examined the sophisticated node exploit and designed a fix for it.

Rocket Pool released their final article announcing the Ethereum Mainnet Launch Date!

Rocket Pool released their final article announcing the Trail of Bits Audit has completed!