I just saw “Serverless” Rocketpool Node Operator with SSV | by Taiga | Medium and I’d like to add it to Milestone 4 of my grant.
If I understand it correctly, you will be able to register a node, launch a minipool and run your validator on the SSV network all from a browser. No hardware or Smartnode installation necessary. The catch is that you need to pay the SSV operators to run your validator (but it’s a marketplace so they compete on price) Kind of like a decentralized Allnodes alternative.
I also wanted to mention that my UI could optionally use Flashbots bundles to improve UX. For example, instead of 2 txs to stake RPL (approve & stake) there’d be only one action in the UI.
I’d need to experiment with this first but perhaps you could launch a minipool (register a node, approve RPL, stake RPL, make a deposit) with just one click 