Protocol Upgrade Compatibility Review: Rocket Pool

Target Protocol: Rocket Pool (TVL: $1431.5M)

Smart Contract Security Audit & Upgrade Compatibility Review

Target: Rocket Pool Protocol (Houston / Saturn Upgrade Architecture)

Scope: Protocol Upgrade Compatibility, Storage Layout Integrity, L1/L2 Cross-Chain State Sync, Vault Accounting

Target TVL: ~$1.43 Billion USD

Date: October 2023 / Target Security Baseline

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1. Executive Summary

This report evaluates the smart contract security profile and backward compatibility risks associated with major architectural upgrades to the Rocket Pool liquid staking protocol across Ethereum L1 and connected L2 execution environments.

Rocket Pool utilizes a modular storage architecture (RocketStorage) combined with proxy/delegate pattern contracts (RocketMinipoolDelegate, RocketTokenRETH, RocketNodeDeposit). Upgrades to this ecosystem introduce unique security challenges regarding storage key preservation, state initialization safety across thousands of existing active minipools, dynamic RPL bond calculations, and L2 oracle price feed synchronizations.

Our review identified 4 key attack vectors ranging from

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