Rocket Pool

aid: rocket-pool
name: Rocket Pool
description: >-
  Rocket Pool is a decentralized Ethereum liquid staking protocol that lets
  anyone participate in Ethereum proof-of-stake without running a full 32 ETH
  validator. Stakers deposit ETH and receive rETH, a rebasing-free
  yield-bearing liquid staking token that automatically accrues consensus and
  execution layer rewards and is freely composable across DeFi. On the supply
  side, permissionless node operators can run a Rocket Pool minipool with as
  little as 8 ETH (and a smaller RPL bond) — Rocket Pool pairs operator ETH
  with the rETH-backed deposit pool to fund full beacon-chain validators, and
  operators earn consensus rewards plus a commission from rETH users and RPL
  inflation rewards. The protocol is governed on-chain through the Protocol
  DAO (pDAO) and the Oracle DAO (oDAO) and is specified by Rocket Pool
  Improvement Proposals (RPIPs). The reference node software stack is the
  Smart Node (rocketpool CLI plus a Go daemon) distributed as Docker images,
  alongside Go and TypeScript/JavaScript libraries (rocketpool-go,
  rocketpool-js) for reading and writing protocol state directly against the
  Rocket Pool smart contracts on Ethereum mainnet. Rocket Pool has no
  centralized REST API, no hosted developer platform, no API keys, and no
  pricing — all participation is on-chain via Ethereum JSON-RPC and the
  protocol's deployed contracts.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Blockchain
  - Ethereum
  - Liquid Staking
  - Proof of Stake
  - DeFi
  - Smart Contracts
  - Node Operators
  - Validator
  - rETH
  - RPL
  - Minipool
  - Decentralized Finance
  - Decentralized Governance
  - DAO
  - Web3
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rocket-pool/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-24'
modified: '2026-05-24'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
  - aid: rocket-pool:smart-node-daemon-api
    name: Rocket Pool Smart Node Daemon API
    description: >-
      The Smart Node daemon API is the local HTTP/IPC interface exposed by the
      rocketpool-daemon Go service that ships with the Smart Node Docker stack.
      The rocketpool CLI uses this API to manage node operator wallets,
      minipools, megapools, RPL staking, rewards claims, smoothing pool
      participation, and protocol/oracle DAO interactions. It is local-only,
      authenticated by filesystem access, and is the contract between the CLI
      front-end and the long-running node service.
    humanURL: https://github.com/rocket-pool/smartnode
    tags:
      - Smart Node
      - Node Operator
      - CLI
      - Minipool
      - Megapool
      - Wallet
      - Rewards
      - DAO
    properties:
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/smartnode
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.rocketpool.net/guides/node/responsibilities
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/rocket-pool-smart-node-openapi.yml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/node-operations.yaml
      - type: Spectral
        url: rules/rocket-pool-smart-node-rules.yml
  - aid: rocket-pool:rocketpool-go-protocol-api
    name: Rocket Pool Protocol API (rocketpool-go)
    description: >-
      The rocketpool-go library is a Golang client that wraps the Rocket Pool
      smart contracts deployed on Ethereum and exposes a typed protocol API for
      reading and writing network state: deposit pool, minipools, megapools,
      node registrations, RPL staking, rewards trees, auctions, oracle DAO,
      protocol DAO, tokens (rETH, RPL), and protocol settings. It is the
      canonical Go interface to the protocol and is used by the Smart Node, by
      Oracle DAO tooling, and by third-party integrators.
    humanURL: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-go
    tags:
      - Smart Contracts
      - Go
      - Library
      - Protocol
      - rETH
      - RPL
      - Minipool
      - Auction
      - DAO
    properties:
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-go
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.rocketpool.net/overview/contracts-integrations
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/rocket-pool-protocol-openapi.yml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/protocol-read.yaml
  - aid: rocket-pool:rocketpool-js-protocol-api
    name: Rocket Pool Protocol API (rocketpool-js)
    description: >-
      The rocketpool-js library is a TypeScript/JavaScript client for the
      Rocket Pool protocol's deployed smart contracts. It mirrors much of the
      Go library's surface and is intended for browser-based dApps, indexer
      services, and integrations such as DeFi front-ends that need to read
      rETH state or submit user deposits.
    humanURL: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-js
    tags:
      - Smart Contracts
      - TypeScript
      - JavaScript
      - Library
      - rETH
      - dApp
    properties:
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-js
      - type: SDK
        url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@rocket-pool/contracts
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://rocketpool.net
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.rocketpool.net
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.rocketpool.net/guides/staking/overview
  - type: NodeOperatorGuide
    url: https://docs.rocketpool.net/guides/node/intro
  - type: Overview
    url: https://docs.rocketpool.net/overview/
  - type: ContractsAndIntegrations
    url: https://docs.rocketpool.net/overview/contracts-integrations
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool
  - type: SmartNode
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/smartnode
  - type: SmartNodeInstaller
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/smartnode-install
  - type: GoSDK
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-go
  - type: JavaScriptSDK
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-js
  - type: NodeManagerCore
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/node-manager-core
  - type: OracleDAOTool
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/odaotool
  - type: TreeGen
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/treegen
  - type: Router
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-router
  - type: Subgraph
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-subgraph
  - type: Improvements
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/RPIPs
  - type: Research
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool-research
  - type: SnapshotStrategies
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/snapshot-strategies
  - type: LedgerPlugin
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/ledger-app-plugin-rocketpool
  - type: DockerImages
    url: https://hub.docker.com/u/rocketpool
  - type: GovernanceForum
    url: https://dao.rocketpool.net
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool
  - type: Discord
    url: https://discord.gg/rocketpool
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/rocket-pool/rocketpool/blob/master/LICENSE
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rocket-pool-minipool-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/rocket-pool-minipool-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/rocket-pool-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rocket-pool-vocabulary.yml
integrations:
  - name: Ethereum mainnet — settlement layer for rETH, RPL, minipools, and megapools
  - name: Lighthouse — Ethereum consensus client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: Prysm — Ethereum consensus client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: Teku — Ethereum consensus client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: Nimbus — Ethereum consensus client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: Geth — Ethereum execution client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: Nethermind — Ethereum execution client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: Besu — Ethereum execution client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: Reth — Ethereum execution client supported by the Smart Node
  - name: MEV-Boost — Block builder relay integration for validator MEV rewards
  - name: Uniswap — rETH/ETH liquidity for the Rocket Pool router
  - name: Balancer — rETH/ETH liquidity for the Rocket Pool router
  - name: Aave — rETH usable as collateral in lending markets
  - name: Curve — rETH liquidity pools
  - name: Snapshot — Off-chain signaling for protocol DAO governance
  - name: Etherscan — Source verification of deployed contracts (verify-1.x repos)
  - name: Ledger — Hardware wallet support via the Rocket Pool Ledger plugin
  - name: The Graph — Indexed protocol data via rocket-pool-subgraph
  - name: Layer-2 networks — rETH price oracles deployed on Arbitrum, Polygon, zkSync, Scroll
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]