July 2023 GMC Community Discussion of Submitted Applications

[peteris]

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.

July 2023 GMC Call for Grant Applications - Deadline is July 15th

Grants Application Project: Rocketscan Node UI What is the work being proposed? Build a web-based user interface for node operators. It will be visually similar to Rocketscan and the node operator will be able to register a node, stake RPL, join the smoothing pool, launch minipools, claim rewards and perform other interactions with Rocket Pool smart contracts that can today be done with Smartnode. It will be possible for the node wallet to be a hardware wallet, Gnosis Safe and to be used with …

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.

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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

[ShfRyn]

Got it. $270 is what’s important. RPL was $36 at the time of your request. The requested amount will be $270. If the application is accepted, the USD / RPL conversion will be made at the time of award announcement.