You met the rpl-benefactor at ETHDenver 2023, but you didn't even realize it.

A POAP for node operators that contributed to the Rocketpool logo on the Graffiti Wall by placing at least 1 pixel. The first pixel was placed way back at the start of 2022 and the last one was placed a good 10 months later on the 24th of November 2022. Distrubution by Slovencek.eth, POAP art by Sleety.eth.

On Dec 2nd, a new account joined the Rocket Pool Discord channel, 'rpl-benefactor'. The person offered three steps, 1) message the benefactor with information about what work you have done for Rocket Pool, 2) send your address, and 3) you would get RPL tokens depending on the work you did. Over the next five days, the benefactor distributed over 1000 RPL tokens to over 160 community members. This POAP commemorates the generosity of the Rocket Pool community. The benefactor's wallet was given 1000 RPL by superphiz who received the tokens from Patricio Worthalter. This POAP was created by Sleety and distributed by WaqWaqAttack.

On May 3, 2022, in a Twitter Space hosted by Ken, a 5 week long famine ended with Langers serving a feast of bread. The loaves stacked high on platters right from the beginning as he summarized the Devconnect trip. DVT remains a loaf in the oven and MEV was hotly debated. The team participated in several panels. Just as the space went live Dave announced that the oDAO bootstrap was to be disabled this month. All mouths watered though as Ken prodded about the 10x node operator proposal Dave had put forward. The team was proposing a change to the EJECTION_BALANCE that will hopefully reduce the ETH requirement. trading was already feeling bread induced inebriation. In parallel, the Rocket Pool team are working on introducing a new Staking as a Service layer based on a node wallet smart contract. In theory, this may allow node operators to provide only RPL and stake ETH. The business applications were appreciated as the Node Operator Association was referenced in helping provide the proper dough recipe. Faced with copious carboloading, Langers pulled back the throttle as discussion shifted to governance. Snapshot is still being set up by Nick while multiple voting strategies are explored. While the pDAO matures, the oDAO will be looking to expand soon. As a parting loaf, Langers revealed that the team will be posting a job listing for two positions. A full time community manager and a part-time community evangelist. POAP development: superphiz, POAP distribution: Kairy Hiwis, POAP design: sleety.eth, descriptive text: jasperthefriendlyghost.eth and friends.

One of our own #trading members, Galenus, is currently in Ukraine offering medical support to the resistance against the Russian invasion. We want to honor him and all Ukrainians suffering from this assault on their homes. It is a testament to the future that when tragedy strikes, the good are willing to rise up. As crypto moves us closer to a future devoid of nationalistic military conflicts, we ought to heed the words of Galenus the philosopher when he wrote “Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!” Everyone who claims this POAP is encouraged to donate towards the Ukrainian defense here - 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14 - (source: https://twitter.com/ukraine/status/1497594592438497282?lang=en)

To memorialize Jasper's (jasperthefriendlyghost.eth) efforts in setting up the Curve rETH/wstETH pool. Midnight saw this pool go live and with it, a huge influx of deposits, which triggered a spree of over $20 million TVL in the Curve pool and the creation of 236 minipools. This is a POAP for everyone who commented on the Rocket Pool discord on March 10th, 2022. This day will be remembered as a key catalyst in the growth of the Rocket Pool protocol. Thanks Jasper!

The events of January 2022 were bleak and many were losing hope. This AI generated artwork captures the mood of cryptocurrency downtrend and is gifted to the "survivors" who hodl steady in face of large red candles.