Rocket Pool · interactive mechanism simulation

Two-sided market: liquid stakers deposit ETH and mint rETH at a rising exchange rate; node operators bond their own ETH plus RPL collateral to open a minipool that draws the rest from the deposit pool. If a minipool gets slashed, the operator's bond absorbs losses first. Try the slashing trigger to see first-loss protection in action.
Liquid Stakers deposit ETH → rETH Node Operators bond 8 ETH + RPL Deposit Pool 0.0 ETH queued Minipools 0 active Validators Beacon Chain rewards oDAO reports balances
rETH exchange rate
1.0000 ETH/rETH
ETH staked (TVL)
0 ETH
Active minipools
0
RPL collateral staked
0 RPL
Parameters — edit me
8 ETH
14%
10%
1.2/s
Controls

Illustrative simulation. Defaults mirror the researched Rocket Pool mechanism (bonded minipools from 4–16 ETH, RPL collateral as first-loss insurance, oDAO balance reporting, exchange-rate rETH), but deposit sizes and timing are randomized for visualization — not live onchain data. The slashing trigger demonstrates the first-loss bond hierarchy, not a real historical incident. Part of The Onchain Experiment Atlas.