# Rocket Pool community draft proposes a 5% RPL validator-entry gate

> The proposed entry requirement equals 5% of borrowed ETH and would be lifted after validator activation.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-09-02-rocket-pool-rpl-megapool-entry-gate/
- Type: Governance
- Stage: Proposed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: watch
- Event date: 2026-09-02
- Version: 1, published 2026-09-15 (first published 2026-09-15)
- Follow-up: 2026-09-11
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Rocket Pool (protocol)

## What happened

A community author submitted an unnumbered draft requiring RPL collateral when new megapool validators enter the queue.

## What changed

The proposed entry requirement equals 5% of borrowed ETH and would be lifted after validator activation.

## What did not change

There is no approved RPIP, vote result, or deployment. Existing active validators are excluded by the draft.

## Confirmed

- The proposal labels itself RPIP-XXX and Draft.
- It specifies a 5% RPL requirement for newly queued validators.
- It proposes no ongoing collateral maintenance after activation.

## Still open

- Whether the draft advances to a recognized RPIP.
- Whether validator queue gating meets the memo's narrower node-registration trigger.
- Implementation details and effects on operator participation.

## What it means for an advisor

- Review the memo's node-entry criterion and record whether this proposal falls within it; monitor formalization without treating the gate as live.

## Sources

1. [Were giving the farm away](https://dao.rocketpool.net/t/were-giving-the-farm-away/4039) · THe-D.eth, proposal author on Rocket Pool governance · 2026-09-02


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