​​Ethereum is the first crypto currency we heard about back in 2016. After going through the whitepaper we were sure that it will change the financial system in the future. We started mining Ethereum late 2016. It is through Ethereum we learned a lot about blockchain and DLT.

We love Ethereum and we would love to provide staking service in future but only if it is in Decentralized, Non-Custodial and Trustless manner.

If you have 32 Eth then you can run validator following the official guide provided on the Ethereum Launchpad website or Beconchain website.

If you have less than 32 Eth then we recommend staking you Eth with Rocketpool.

You can also run validator node with 16 or 8 Eth in Rocketpool. I have already discussed about Rocketpool in my blogs. Rocketpool is Decentralized, Non-Custodial and Trustless pool.

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With Houston mainnet upgrade RPIP-32 allows an account to stake ETH on behalf of a Rocket Pool node that is registered in the protocol.

Saturn 0 upgrade happened on 28 October 2024, 00:00 UTC.You can now create ETH only minipools with no RPL collateral. Details here.

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We have already registered as a node operator on Rocketpool on 25th May 2024 and created our first minipool on 18th June 2024.

Explore node operator details on rocketscan(TBU).

Explore validator performance on beaconchain(TBU)..

 

We will start creating minipools as a SaaS provider after Saturn 1 upgrade which is expected to happen on July 2025. It is expected that with saturn 1 upgrade you can create 4 ETH minipools in Saturn 1 and 1.5 ETH minipools after two LEB4s in Saturn 2. LEB (Low Eth bond).  

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You will earn more rewards by staking on behalf of a node than from Rocketpool deposit pool.

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Saturn 1 is mainly focused on Node Operators & Capital Efficiency. Now you create Megapools with 4 Eth validators. No RPL collateral required. Rocketpool does not have multiple withdrawal facilities to facilitate depositors to 'stake on behalf of a node' in a non-custodial manner. A smart contract is needed for this purpose to handle multiple withdrawal addresses in a non-custodial manner. So it becomes complicated. We may adopt this approach to provide 'stake on behalf of a node' service in the future. 
We have another option where multiple nodes from different node operators can be run on a single server of the service provider. The Rocketpool protocol is designed to handle such a scenario. Linux administration skill is the key here.  And we will be following this approach as a SaaS provider.

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