# Rocket Pool approves RPIP-81 inflation and funding rebalance

> The approved policy reduces the pre-Saturn-2 node-operator allocation from 70% to 50%, raises pDAO's share to 47.5%, and calls for 2.5% annual inflation with 95% of rewards to pDAO after Saturn 2.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-06-19-rocket-pool-rpip-81-rpl-inflation-rebalance-approval/
- Type: Economic change
- Stage: Approved, not executed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2026-06-19
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Follow-up: 2026-08-26
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Rocket Pool (protocol)

## What happened

Rocket Pool governance approved RPIP-81, which reallocates RPL inflation toward protocol funding before Saturn 2 and changes inflation and allocations after Saturn 2.

## What changed

The approved policy reduces the pre-Saturn-2 node-operator allocation from 70% to 50%, raises pDAO's share to 47.5%, and calls for 2.5% annual inflation with 95% of rewards to pDAO after Saturn 2.

## What did not change

The Snapshot vote did not itself execute the required on-chain pDAO parameter change or establish that Saturn 2 had launched.

## Confirmed

- The vote closed on June 19 with the required outcome and approximately 11,734.6 RPL voting for versus 99.7 against.
- The pre-Saturn-2 target allocation is 50% node operators, 47.5% pDAO, and 2.5% oDAO.
- The post-Saturn-2 target removes node-operator RPL rewards and allocates 95% to pDAO and 5% to oDAO.
- The internal pDAO policy is set at 30% IMC, 40% GMC, and 30% reserve treasury.

## Still open

- On-chain implementation timing and final Saturn 2 activation remain unresolved.
- The realized effect on node-operator participation and protocol decentralization is not yet established.

## What it means for an advisor

- Review whether reduced node-operator incentives affect operator retention or decentralization evidence supporting rETH.
- Separate RPL tokenomics changes from rETH backing and redemption mechanics, which the proposal does not directly change.
- Verify on-chain implementation and monitor active operator count after the incentive transition.

## Sources

1. [Rebalance RPL Inflation for Protocol Funding (RPIP-81)](https://snapshot.org/#/rocketpool-dao.eth/proposal/0x13c4cec1a2631fc08424945e859144ee717b27fa4afd1ddf030929d817aa3af9) · Rocket Pool DAO via Snapshot · 2026-06-05


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