This POAP will be issued to anyone who was operating their own Ethereum staking node, either as a solo staker or as a Rocket Pool node operator, as of the time of the merge. The first use of this POAP will be to vote on an art style for a non-transferrable NFT which will be issued to node operators. You can learn more about this project here: https://www.ethstakerincentives.org/ Subsequent uses will be up to the staker community. The list of eligible addresses for this POAP is here: https://github.com/GLCNI/ETH-Solo-Validator-Addresses

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/

This POAP celebrates the contributions of https://bordel.wtf to all of our shared anticipation as we move closer to the merge. Bordel.wtf is developed by Mario Havel (https://twitter.com/TMIYChao) through the Ethereum Foundation as a way to track Total Terminal Difficulty (TTD) as we near the merge. Bordel.wtf has become an indispensable tool for anyone who is looking forward to the merge. Funds raised from this POAP through poap-checkout will support the Bordel Hackerspace in Prague (https://bordel.paralelnipolis.cz). The image for this POAP was developed by veryunimportantperson#6806@discord through poapathon.com.

This POAP is for all the node operators that jumped into the Smoothing Pool within 24 hours after launch. The Smoothing Pool allows Rocket Pool node operators to share block rewards for a more constant income.