Olivier Roques

DevOps @Scaleway
ex-Cisco network engineer
Security & distributed systems

Building tools for developers
Vim / Neovim plugins

Open source
Paris-Usa

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

Well, after spending some time building a few things on Base, I’m finally going to present what I’ve been working on. It took me quite a while to put this together, but I think you guys will like it.

In short, this is what it’s about:

Refinery is a decentralized node network on Base where users deploy tiered nodes (Small, Medium, Large) to earn daily $REF token rewards with APRs ranging from 5% to 7.5%.

The protocol runs on two verified smart contracts — RefineryManager for fund distribution and reward splitting, and NODERewardManagementV2 for node pricing, airdrops, and reward rate management — with every operation fully on-chain and verifiable on BaseScan.

The $REF token integrates auto-liquidity, buy/sell tax routing, and wallet caps to sustain the reward cycle long term.

Fees generated by
@bankrbot
are routed directly into the reward pool, funding node payouts with real protocol revenue instead of inflationary emissions.

No off-chain dependencies, no trust required, just contracts backed by real yield. with every operation fully on-chain and verifiable on BaseScan.

The $REF token integrates auto-liquidity, buy/sell tax routing, and wallet caps to sustain the reward cycle long term.

No off-chain dependencies, no trust required — just contracts.

https://t.co/YzUeJNTG6H

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

@onchainlurk at first I wanted to build it on bsc, but in the end I decided to drop it on base. been working on this for a long time, never launched it before

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

he loves chick fil a just like me

🤣

[Bitcoin Teddy @Bitcoin_Teddy]

Next time someone says MicroStrategy is a Ponzi, play them this Saylor Thug Life Mic Drop moment 👀

[Bankr @bankrbot]

$5000 in prize pool for the bankr track as part of the @synthesis_md hackathon.

details below.

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

networking bugs are the worst kind

everything looks correct but nothing works

[Base @base]

What if a trading protocol shared its fees with you?

App of the Week @wasabi_protocol is a decentralized leverage trading protocol that generates real yield from trading activity. (non-US users only)

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

max just looked offended because i didnt throw the ball fast enough

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

sometimes i spend more time writing a clean script than the script actually saves

but still worth it

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

working on some small tools lately

nothing big but useful stuff

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

some infrastructure problems are weirdly satisfying to solve

until they happen again

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

max woke me up at 7am today

he clearly believes mornings are mandatory

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

woke up thinking about a bug i couldnt solve yesterday

not a good sign

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

some days i feel productive

other days i just move bugs around

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

max discovered a new toy today

very big moment for him

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

milo has two main hobbies:

sleeping
asking for food

[Olivier Roques @ojroques]

my dog milo woke me up at 6:30 today for absolutely no reason