Rook is a decentralized finance protocol that redistributes MEV (maximal extractable value) to the users, protocols, and smart contracts that generate it. Rook's Twitter Score is 133 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #4,641 (top 1%) among 498,071 tracked accounts.
Rook was formerly known as KeeperDAO, an Ethereum-based DeFi project that used game theory and economic incentives for on-chain coordination, enabling users to pool capital for Keeper activities such as liquidations and arbitrage. The protocol was co-founded by Joey Zacherl. Following the rebrand to Rook, the project pursued two core strategies, the Coordination Game and the Hiding Game, designed to reduce costly Keeper competition and protect users and protocols from predatory MEV. KeeperDAO Labs was announced as an expansion of the ecosystem focused on building technology on top of the core protocol alongside business development, marketing, and community growth.
Rook's native governance and utility token, ROOK, is used for voting on protocol upgrades, incentivizing participation, and rewarding protocol contributions, with its Ethereum contract listed on CoinGecko. CoinGecko categorizes Rook under Decentralized Finance, Yield Farming, MEV Protection, and the Olympus Pro Ecosystem. CryptoRank tags the project as inactive. Rook was previously affiliated with WOO Network, B.Protocol, and Catalog. Rook has published 834 posts and has been mentioned by 36 accounts a total of 79 times.
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The accounts that follow Rook include 526 founders, 182 angel investors, 205 influencers and 9 VCs, among them Ansem, Stani, Kyle Samani, Fred Ehrsam, Andrew Kang and Smolting Wassie.