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

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Large Price Change:+33.28% in 7 days.

The recent increase in Rocket Pool's price is mainly driven by its ongoing major protocol upgrades, particularly the Saturn 1 upgrade launched in February 2026, which halved the minimum validator bond from 8 ETH to 4 ETH. This reduces the barrier to entry for node operators, boosting staking participation. Additionally, the upgrade activated a fee switch that turns Rocket Pool into a revenue-accruing asset, enhancing its value proposition. These developments have generated positive market sentiment and upward price momentum for Rocket Pool.
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Rocket Pool (RPL) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Rocket Pool (RPL) token release schedule, showing when and how tokens enter circulation across investor, team, treasury, and community allocations. Understanding these tokenomics dynamics is critical for evaluating potential supply pressure, inflation impact, and market liquidity over time — key factors that can influence RPL price performance.

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

RPL has three core roles:

Incentives: The protocol mints new RPL at an annual rate (initially 5%) and distributes it to node operators, the oDAO, and the pDAO treasury. Allocations can be adjusted by governance (for example, RPIP‑68 refined the oDAO/pDAO shares) while the 70% share to node operators has remained a central aim in recent proposals. (medium.com)
Collateral and insurance: Operators may stake RPL against their ETH bond as a good‑behavior pledge. Historically, an effective RPL stake between 10% and 150% of bonded ETH qualified for RPL issuance rewards. Under Saturn 0, operators can launch ETH‑only minipools, but adding RPL increases their effective commission and restores full eligibility for RPL issuance. (medium.com)
Governance: RPL underpins the pDAO’s signaling and on‑chain voting process (bolstered by Houston), including parameter changes, upgrade approvals, and inflation allocation adjustments via RPIPs. (medium.com)

Because RPL inflation funds the work that keeps the protocol decentralized—thousands of independent operators, oracle duties, and community development—its issuance is a core part of the project’s incentive structure rather than a simple rewards token. Several audits and community risk reviews discuss how these mechanics interact with rETH’s value accrual and network security. (diligence.consensys.io)

Assumptions

RPL supply is uncapped and inflationary.
Official docs and on-chain contract show periodic inflation minting with no fixed max cap.
Genesis sale split modeled as 85% sold and 15% retained.
2017 presale announcement specified 85% for sale and 15% retained; final total minted at ICO was 18,000,000 on old token. Exact per-sale mint amounts are not re-derived here; modeled as a single cliff on the Etherscan token distribution date.
Inflation modeling uses linear monthly unlocks within each governance-defined period at the stated annual rate.
Rewards are minted every ~28 days; totals per period were approximated from annual rates and then allocated by the prevailing share splits (RPIP-25, RPIP-68).
Start of the first inflation period set to 2021-11-25.
Community and ops communications place the first rewards checkpoint in late November 2021 following mainnet launch on 2021-11-09.
Saturn 2 activation date modeled as 2026-02-18 and post-Saturn emissions projected for 5 years.
RPIP-46 specifies Saturn 2 tokenomics (1.5% inflation, 95% pDAO / 5% oDAO, 0% node). A community Saturn site lists 2026-02-18 as launch; a bounded 5-year horizon is used for charting while noting emissions continue beyond.

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Allocations

Token Sale (Presale + Public Crowdsale)

15,300,000 tokens

Cliff: Jan 7, 2018 — NaN% of allocation

85% of tokens sold across presale (2017-09-09 to 2017-09-23) and public crowdsale (2017-11-25 to 2018-01-07). Modeled as a single distribution on the token distribution date recorded by Etherscan.

Team/Treasury (Retained at TGE)

2,700,000 tokens

Cliff: Jan 7, 2018 — NaN% of allocation

15% retained by Rocket Pool for future use (per 2017 presale post). Modeled as available at the crowdsale token distribution date.

RPL Inflation — Node Operator Rewards

2,870,980 tokens

Linear vesting: Nov 25, 2021 - Jul 17, 2023 (monthly)

5% annual inflation distributed every ~28 days; 70% to node operators until RPIP-25 changes begin. Start aligned to first rewards period start.

Linear vesting: Jul 17, 2023 - Jun 17, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 enacted; pDAO/oDAO shares change stepwise but node operator share remains 70% throughout this interval.

Linear vesting: Jun 17, 2024 - Mar 19, 2025 (monthly)

RPIP-25 final step (pDAO 28.5%, oDAO 1.5%); node operators remain 70%.

Linear vesting: Mar 19, 2025 - Feb 18, 2026 (monthly)

RPIP-68 increases oDAO share to 2.5% and reduces pDAO to 27.5%; node operators remain 70% until Saturn 2 disables node issuance.

RPL Inflation — pDAO Treasury

2,539,140 tokens

Linear vesting: Nov 25, 2021 - Jul 17, 2023 (monthly)

Initial split 70% node / 15% pDAO / 15% oDAO.

Linear vesting: Jul 17, 2023 - Sep 11, 2023 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 1: pDAO 22%, oDAO 8%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Sep 11, 2023 - Nov 6, 2023 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 2: pDAO 23%, oDAO 7%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Nov 6, 2023 - Jan 1, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 3: pDAO 24.1%, oDAO 5.9%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Jan 1, 2024 - Feb 26, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 4: pDAO 25.2%, oDAO 4.8%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Feb 26, 2024 - Apr 22, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 5: pDAO 26.3%, oDAO 3.7%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Apr 22, 2024 - Jun 17, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 6: pDAO 27.4%, oDAO 2.6%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Jun 17, 2024 - Mar 19, 2025 (monthly)

RPIP-25 final step in effect: pDAO 28.5%, oDAO 1.5%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Mar 19, 2025 - Feb 18, 2026 (monthly)

RPIP-68: pDAO 27.5%, oDAO 2.5%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Feb 18, 2026 - Feb 18, 2031 (monthly)

Saturn 2 (per RPIP-46) changes inflation to 1.5% annually with 95% to pDAO and 5% to oDAO; node operator issuance set to 0%. Modeled for 5 years; emissions continue beyond.

RPL Inflation — oDAO Rewards

392,880 tokens

Linear vesting: Nov 25, 2021 - Jul 17, 2023 (monthly)

Initial split 70% node / 15% pDAO / 15% oDAO.

Linear vesting: Jul 17, 2023 - Sep 11, 2023 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 1: oDAO 8%, pDAO 22%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Sep 11, 2023 - Nov 6, 2023 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 2: oDAO 7%, pDAO 23%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Nov 6, 2023 - Jan 1, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 3: oDAO 5.9%, pDAO 24.1%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Jan 1, 2024 - Feb 26, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 4: oDAO 4.8%, pDAO 25.2%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Feb 26, 2024 - Apr 22, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 5: oDAO 3.7%, pDAO 26.3%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Apr 22, 2024 - Jun 17, 2024 (monthly)

RPIP-25 step 6: oDAO 2.6%, pDAO 27.4%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Jun 17, 2024 - Mar 19, 2025 (monthly)

RPIP-25 final step in effect: oDAO 1.5%, pDAO 28.5%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Mar 19, 2025 - Feb 18, 2026 (monthly)

RPIP-68: oDAO 2.5%, pDAO 27.5%, node 70%.

Linear vesting: Feb 18, 2026 - Feb 18, 2031 (monthly)

Saturn 2 (per RPIP-46): inflation 1.5% annually with 5% to oDAO and 95% to pDAO; node operator issuance set to 0%. Modeled for 5 years; emissions continue beyond.

Last Updated: 2/17/2026 00:48 UTC

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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

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