Week 1 of the Saturn 1 Community POAP Campaign celebrates the foundation of Saturn 1 and what it brings to Rocket Pool’s next chapter. This POAP recognizes community members who helped spread awareness by engaging with Saturn 1 content across platforms—whether through thoughtful discussion, explainers, original posts, or amplifying others’ work.

Rocket Pool has released Smart Node v1.18.0, featuring key client updates and several Smart Node improvements, including Saturn branch integration and enhanced Docker functionality. This is a low-priority update for Mainnet users but mandatory for Hoodi testnet ahead of its October 28th fork. Node Operators who updated received a POAP.

Smart Node v1.17.0 is now live, bringing major client updates—most of which raise the default block gas limit to 45M—and a new pruning feature that allows node operators to reduce storage needs by enabling partial history expiry. This is a recommended update for all Node Operators. Full details and upgrade instructions: https://github.com/rocket-pool/smartnode/releases/tag/v1.17.0.