Lido, Rocket Pool team members argue over decentralization
A Lido team member claimed Rocket Pool is not really governed by its DAO, but Rocket Pool community members pushed back, claiming the protocol is becoming more decentralized. A team member for Lido has accused competitor Rocket Pool of being too centralized in a July 4 social media post. Both Lido and Rocket Pool are liquid staking protocols that allow users to delegate their cryptocurrency to validators and receive derivative tokens in exchange. According to the post from Lido's community staking lead Dmitry Gusakov, the Rocket Pool contracts are controlled by the Rocket Pool team, allowing the team to change any parameters and call any method. This means that Rocket Pool developers can increase the inflation rate to an arbitrarily large percentage or increase fees to up to 100%. Gusakov claimed this vulnerability does not exist in Lido’s contracts, as in Lido, these actions are “fully controlled by [decentralized autonomous organization] LidoDAO.” Rocket Pool Grants Management ...