Name of Retrospective Award
The Weekly Orbit.
Who is the proposed retrospective award recipient?
Pat & Waq.
What specific project or work is the retrospective award in recognition of? Please detail what the project or work entailed and the duration over which it took place.
The Weekly Orbit podcast reports on the top stories of Rocket Pool each week, we engage in two-way conversations, allowing for in-depth discussions and the sharing of opinions on the most important topics. Our content caters to a diverse audience, ranging from beginners to advanced users, ensuring everyone finds value in our discussions.
The Weekly Orbit produced three episodes (90,91, & 92) after our grant expired on 7 February 2025.
Are the subjects of this award entirely open source (MIT, GPL, Apache, CC BY license or similar)? If not, which parts will not be, why, and under what license will they be published?
All episodes of the The Weekly Orbit are available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Benefit
Total views on YouTube of the three episodes.
Total views/listens on Spotify for the three episodes.
The aggregate of views/listens between the two platforms for the three episodes is 260 (179 YouTube and 81 Spotify).
The Weekly Orbit provides in depth discussion of Rocket Pool news for node operators, rETH holders, and RPL holders. We also provide market analysis.
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| Group | Benefits |
|---|---|
| Potential rETH holders | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people looking to stake ETH for rETH? |
Episode 90 covered deposit pool analytics which impacts the discount on rETH secondary markets. This episode also covered rETH on secondary markets being back at peg for the first time in months.
In episode 92, we discussed the rETH discount that has reappeared on secondary markets.
| rETH holders | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help rETH holders? |
Episode 90 covered deposit pool analytics which impacts the discount on rETH secondary markets. This episode also covered rETH on secondary markets being back at peg for the first time in months.
In episode 92, we discussed the rETH discount that has reappeared on secondary markets.
| Potential NOs | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people looking to run a Rocket Pool node for the first time? |
Episode 92 covered the SEC dropping its lawsuit against Consensys, which specifically mentioned Rocket Pool.
| NOs | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given help people already running a Rocket Pool node? |
Episode 90 discussed Proposal #1, the first proposed vote using unchain voting. We also alerted NO’s about the newest Smartnode update release.
Episode 91 covered the delay for Rocket Pool unchain voting. We also had a segment discussing how important Node Operators are to the network health of the Ethereum network. We also discussed the bug found during the Pectra Holsky Testnet fork.
Episode 92 covered the SEC dropping its lawsuit against Consensys, which specifically mentioned Rocket Pool.
| Community | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given how does this help the Rocket Pool community? |
Episode 90 discussed Proposal #1, the first proposed vote using unchain voting. Episode 91 had a segment about the community and team at ETHDenver.
Episode 92 covered the SEC dropping its lawsuit against Consensys, which specifically mentioned Rocket Pool. This was a cloud hanging over the community’s head.
| RPL holders | How did the project or work for which the retrospective award would be given how does this help RPL holders? |
All three episodes covered RPL in the market analysis section. In episode 90, we discussed Val’s ETH/RPL ratio spreadsheet.
In episode 92, we discussed the news that the team’s legal advisor provided positive feedback on the different RPL value capture ideas (Voter Share, Buy & Burn, & Liquidity).
Costs
How much USD $ is the applicant requesting be awarded to the recipient?
We are requesting $450. This is $150 per episode, which is half of the standard rate for Rocket Pool media production. We request the grant be paid with an 80/20 split between Pat and Waq, respectively.
Conflict of Interest
Does the person or persons requesting the retrospective award have any conflicts of interest to disclose? (Please disclose here if you are a member of the GMC or if you have nominated a member of the GMC for this retrospective award).
Pat has no conflict of interests.
Waq is a member of the GMC and the IMC. He receives donations in the form of RPL from anonymous and non-anonymous members of the community. The donations have no impact on the content of The Weekly Orbit.