Rocket Pool hit a major milestone when the number of node operators reached 2000. This event is considered a huge success for the protocol and demonstrates its ability to maintain growth over time. The community celebrated this achievement as a sign of the protocol's strength and potential for future success. Community members, ramana and waqwaqattack were able to form a shrimp marriage to officially create the 2,000th node. This POAP was distributed via checkout, 100% of proceeds went to Rocket Pool's GMC wallet. POAP designed by ShfRyn.

This POAP proves you witnessed the historical moment when SBF was arrested. Following the collapse of FTX, the New York Federal Court indicted him for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate U.S. campaign finance laws. Long Live DeFi!

On December 2, 2022, the Coinbase Assets twitter account announced that they had added the Rocket Pool token (RPL) to their roadmap. A linked blog post indicated that RPL along with three other Ethereum ERC20 tokens were planned for listing on Coinbase at some point in the future. This POAP image was developed by RPLGrime under the mentorship of DrDoofus from the Rocket Pool #Trading discord. The high brow art on the POAP image portrays Rocket Pool smart contract developer Kane as the proud mother of a baby after having had "CEX" with Coinbase. POAP development by Superphiz. Shout out to runner up POAP image designer criminalnoodle. LFO didn't contribute anything. Congratulations on the CEX frens!

The Ethereum Mainnet merged with the Beacon Chain proof-of-stake network on September 15, 2022. This marks the end of proof-of-work for Ethereum and a full transition to proof-of-stake. This historic upgrade is projected to reduce the Ethereum network's energy consumption by over 99% and sets the stage for future upgrades to further scale the Ethereum network. Holders of this POAP were there to witness the Ethereum Mainnet Merge with the rest of the community and signaled their support to the core developers of this enormous undertaking by sending roughly $10 of ETH to the Protocol DAO, directly funding protocol contributors. Special thanks to all of the client teams, researchers and core developers of the Ethereum Protocol, and to community leaders The Daily Gwei, Bankless, Ethereum Cat Herders, The Ethereum Foundation and EthStaker for their support in preparing the world for this moment. -https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ -https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ -https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/ -https://ethereum.org/en/ -https://ethstaker.cc/

EthStaker core members will be joined by members of the Rocket Pool team to discuss the new Redstone upgrade.

On Wednesday, August 17th @ 4:00PM UTC the EthStaker crew will be joined by members of the Swell team. We'll learn more about Swell's permissionless, non-custodial, and liquid staking options - In addition to understanding more about who the team who supports swell, their mission, and what they're planning for in the future in a post-merge world. As always we'll be distributing an official EthStaker Community Call POAP for those who attend the livestream, for those who can't attend the live event, the recording will be published on the EthStaker YouTube channel.