Rocket Pool Beta v1 — Open to the public on the 19th of July!

About the Rocket Pool Beta v1

Welcome one and all to the very first Rocket Pool beta! This guide will walk you through how to set your computer up to interact with the beta when it launches on the 19th of July, see the state of the Rocket Pool network, make a deposit into it, track the state of that deposit, and finally, withdraw your ether plus rewards earned back into your account.

This beta features some tweaked settings to both the Rocket Pool network and the Casper contract. Staking durations have been set to 1, 2, and 3 days respectively, and the Casper logout period has been reduced to roughly 10 minutes. The beta is also running on our own private Proof of Authority network, where blocks will be produced every 5 seconds. These durations do not reflect real examples of Rocket Pool at launch, but will keep the beta moving quickly so that everyone gets a chance to check it out ;).

A quick disclaimer before we begin — the Rocket Pool Beta v1 has been built on the now deprecated Casper FFG v0.2.0. While much of Casper’s functionality may remain the same in the new version, expect some changes to the staking & validation process, which might influence the way Rocket Pool works. Think of this beta as an interactive proof-of-concept, which we will use to gather feedback from you to improve the platform.