Hey everyone!
Here is a quarterly roadmap update for Aug, Sept, and Oct 2025.
Priority Discussion
We facilitated a priority discussion with the community to align on product direction and development priorities. Subsequently, the roadmap prioritisation placed rETH redemptions and protections next in the development queue, ahead of remaining Saturn 2 features.
Protocol DAO Guardian Disabled
Since launch, our goal has been to disable the protocol DAO guardian and transfer complete control to the Protocol DAO. This required two prerequisites: a functioning on-chain voting system and an established security council. The Houston upgrade delivered both components. While the core team initially comprises the security council, we intend to include community members over time. With these elements operational, we permanently disabled the protocol DAO guardian, completing the transition to full decentralised governance.
Saturn 1
Devnet-4
The team launched Devnet-4, which includes all Saturn 1 features including the v11 reward tree that delivers voter share to RPL-staking node operators. However, congestion on the Hoodi Ethereum testnet has significantly impacted testing. We’re now exploring alternative solutions, including the Ephemeral testnet and deploying our own isolated devnet environment.
Audits
We engaged three independent security audit firms - Sigma Prime, Spearbit/Cantina, and Bailsec — to conduct comprehensive reviews of the Saturn 1 codebase. The core team has been actively supporting the audit process.
- Sigma Prime: Audit completed
- Spearbit/Cantina: Report delivered, currently completing fix verification checks
- Bailsec: Interim report received; core team addressing identified issues
The audit process has identified several significant findings requiring code updates and additional testing. While this extends our timeline, these discoveries substantially strengthen protocol security and robustness.
Devnet-5
Following the completion of Bailsec’s audit and implementation of all fixes, we will deploy Devnet-5 for final testing. It is highly likely this will either be deployed on Ephemeral or hopefully our own isolated devnet environment.
Timeline
The target timeline remains: 19 January 2026
Websites and APIs
Brand update
With @sleety’s help we tweaked the Rocket Pool brand to keep it fresh and modern - and updated across all platforms.
RockSolid integration
While in stealth, the core team integrated the RockSolid vault into the main website and staking flow. We then supported RockSolid on launch, tweaking as we move into maintenance.
CowSwap integration
We were excited to launch the CowSwap integration, providing rETH stakers with flexibility, the best price, and MEV-protection.
Voting improvements
We made small improvements to the delegate voting site.
New node site
We are working on a new node site that will be deployed with Saturn.
Custom devnet
To support Saturn 1 testing we are deploying custom devnet infrastructure.
Misc
As always lots of dependency updates, performance tweaks, UX & UI improvements across all sites & APIs
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.