The Bull Case for Rocketpool with Marceau & Ken Smith

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">On today's episode, we welcome Marceau and Ken Smith, two Rocketpool community members to share everything you need to know about Rocketpool, staking, and the bull case for Rocketpool, ETH, & RPL.</p> <p>------<br /> ConsenSys | Mint a Merge NFT!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/themerge">https://bankless.cc/themerge</a> </p> <p>------<br /> SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>ROCKET POOL | ETH STAKING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/RocketPool">https://bankless.cc/RocketPool</a> </p> <p>️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>ACROSS | BRIDGE TO LAYER 2<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Across">https://bankless.cc/Across</a> </p> <p>BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Brave">https://bankless.cc/Brave</a> </p> <p>MAKER DAO | DECENTRALIZED LENDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/MakerDAO">https://bankless.cc/MakerDAO</a> </p> <p>LEDGER | SECURE STAKING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> Timestamps:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:40 Guest Relationship to Rocketpool<br /> 5:45 What is Rocketpool<br /> 7:36 Rocketpool's Value Prop<br /> 9:45 Two-sided Marketplace<br /> 13:20 Rocketpool's Community<br /> 16:20 The Bull Case for Rocketpool<br /> 19:50 rETH<br /> 25:20 rETH Yield<br /> 26:30 Protocol Risk<br /> 31:05 Rebasing<br /> 38:26 Running a Rocketpool Node<br /> 43:45 Rocketpool Critiques<br /> 51:48 Institutions<br /> 57:20 Single Node Operators<br /> 59:45 Pools<br /> 1:06:00 $RPL Explained<br /> 1:10:15 $RPL Critiques<br /> 1:16:00 $RPL Bull Case<br /> 1:24:40 Closing</p> <p>-----<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Marceau<br /> <a href= "https://mobile.twitter.com/marceaueth">https://mobil