Rocket Pool (RPL) Tokenomics, Unlock Schedule and Vesting Chart

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Rocket Pool (RPL) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

As of October 16, 2026, 19.06 million RPL have been released. The schedule is ongoing, with no final release date. Over the next 12 months it releases 863,014 RPL (all estimated) from Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs, worth about $1.42 million at today's price (3.77% of the market cap). Today's release is an estimated 2,466 RPL from Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs.

The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.

Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.

Tokenomics & Utility

What RPL does

RPL is Rocket Pool’s ERC-20 protocol token. Operators may stake it alongside the ETH they use to run validators. Staked, vote-eligible RPL helps determine voting power in protocol governance and can receive a share of ETH revenue under the Saturn 1 system. RPL can also serve as secondary backing when a validator incurs a penalty. Since Saturn 0, an operator has been able to create a new validator without first posting an RPL bond. (docs.rocketpool.net)

The pDAO can vote on protocol settings and treasury spending. Its governance is tied to operators taking part in Rocket Pool, so holding RPL in a wallet alone does not give someone the same role as an eligible operator who has staked RPL. This links the token’s governance use to running the staking network. (docs.rocketpool.net)

RPL has an inflationary supply model: new tokens are issued over time for operator rewards and protocol funding. A governance change that took effect in July 2026 set the allocation of newly issued RPL at 50% for node operators, 47.5% for the pDAO, and 2.5% for the oDAO. Saturn 1 also introduced ETH revenue sharing for eligible staked RPL. The planned Saturn 2 upgrade would end ongoing RPL issuance rewards for operators and lower annual RPL inflation from its historical 5% rate to 2.5%. Those Saturn 2 changes remain part of the project’s development roadmap. (rpips.rocketpool.net)

Upcoming RPL Releases

Period	Allocation	Type	Amount	Value
Oct 16 – 31, 2026	Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs	Issuance, estimated	39.5K	$64.7K
Nov 2026	Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs	Issuance, estimated	74K	$121.3K
Dec 2026	Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs	Issuance, estimated	76.4K	$125.4K
Jan 2027	Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs	Issuance, estimated	76.4K	$125.4K
Feb 2027	Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs	Issuance, estimated	69K	$113.2K
Mar 2027	Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs	Issuance, estimated	76.4K	$125.4K
Total, next 12 months			863K	$1.4M

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Values at $1.64 per RPL (October 16, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Releases continue after September 2027. Estimated amounts are modeled from the schedule's rules rather than dated by a source; see the Assumptions below. Releases without dates are listed under Allocations.

Assumptions

Rocket Pool initially issued 18 million RPL across its investor presale, public sale and team reserve, and its contract subsequently minted more RPL for node operators and DAOs. The chart places the initial categories at documented sale or distribution periods and estimates intervening inflation from dated supply figures; it does not represent those estimates as individual mint transactions. Team and DAO spending, including liquidity incentives and named grants, uses already-created tokens, and several payment dates remain unknown. RPL has no supply cap, and future inflation and treasury spending remain open-ended.

Spending from the initial team reserve: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
pDAO treasury spending of inflation proceeds: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
pDAO liquidity incentives committee: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
pDAO grants and bounties committee: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Rocket Split grant GA032303: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
UPS Grafana Integration grant GA022303: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.

Sources (15)

Initial Supply 18.00M

Unlocked Supply 19.06M

Unlock Progress — No maximum supply

Genesis Date September 2017

Fully Unlocked Ongoing

Allocations 11

Marketcap Rank (#) 565

Price ($) 1.60 -12.43% (7d)

24h Volume ($) 80K -46.27% (7d)

Marketcap ($) 38M

Fully Diluted Value ($) N/A

Circulating Supply N/A

Perpetuals: 1 market on Binance · $1M open interest

Spot

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RPL/USDT	187K	20K/22K
RPL/USD	77K	4.2K/13K
RPL/USDT	54K	15K/16K
RPL/USDT	26K	5.9K/7.9K
RPL/USDT	26K	6.9K/6.5K
RPL/USDT	5.5K	3.5K/2.8K
RPL/USDT	3.3K	21K/11K
RPL/WETH	2.9K	6.5K/6.5K
RPL/USD	2.1K	260/2.3K
RPL/EUR	1.4K	589/1.5K
RPL/USDC	146	755/1.7K
RPL/EUR	18	770/1K
RPL/WETH	7	395/394

Allocations

Initial investor presale — 45% of initial supply

8,220,000 tokens

Cliff: September 2017 — 100.00% of allocation · 8,220,000 tokens

Sources: Rocket Pool Token Transparency FilingRocket Pool Token Presale

Initial public crowdsale — 40% of initial supply

7,080,000 tokens

Cliff: Jan 7, 2018 — 100.00% of allocation · 7,080,000 tokens

Sources: Rocket Pool Token Transparency FilingRocket Pool Token CrowdsaleOriginal RPL Token

Initial team reserve — 15% of initial supply

2,700,000 tokens · 1 part

Cliff: Jan 7, 2018 — 100.00% of allocation · 2,700,000 tokens

Sources: Rocket Pool Token Transparency FilingOriginal RPL Token

Protocol RPL inflation for node operators and DAOs

Ongoing issuance

Observed release: 900,000 tokens

Estimated from the last observation onward: about 2,466 per day (75,051 per month), the rate between the observations of 9 November 2021 and 9 November 2022.

Sources: Rocket Pool RPL Token and Verified ContractRPIP-25: RPL Inflation AllocationRPIP-81: Rebalance RPL Inflation for Protocol FundingRocket Pool — Our First Birthday!Protocol Development Expense, 2023–2024

pDAO treasury spending of inflation proceeds

N/A tokens · 3 parts

Timing not yet established (2021 - open): amount unknown

Sources: RPIP-10: pDAO Budget AllocationRPIP-25: RPL Inflation Allocation

Last Updated: 2026-09-30 21:44:21 UTC

Description

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Rocket Pool is a protocol that allows anyone to stake ETH in Ethereum 2.0 with any amount of ETH and without running a validator node. It is community-owned, decentralized, trustless and compatible with ETH2 Proof of Stake.

Sector:	Liquid Staking
Blockchain:	Ethereum

2018