# [STSH1] Stake Shark #1: fees, stake and returns

Industry Leader. Trusted by 200,000 delegators since 2019. Over $200 million in staked assets across 30+ networks.

- **Pool id:** pool15wkxegrfflzcyhurrjxsm9ljqtz09xr5rtnqsarnp7hmsz5um3t
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://stakeshark.io
- **Operator group:** AWP
- **Margin:** 10%
- **Fixed cost:** 345 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 1,000 ADA declared, 59,276 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 17,307,922 ADA
- **Active stake:** 17,340,100 ADA (0.0815% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 21.9% (saturation point 77,844,190 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 25,771
- **Blocks:** 15 in epoch 660 (expected so far 12.07), 10,186 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.77% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 108.4% of the expected blocks over 5 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 1.94% over 5 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep_always_abstain
- **Relays:** 1

## Last finished epochs (5 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 659 | 22 | 18.6 | 118.5% | 2.12% | ≈ 17,351,395 ADA |
| 658 | 23 | 18.5 | 124.4% | 2.24% | ≈ 17,270,115 ADA |
| 657 | 24 | 18.4 | 130.3% | 2.35% | ≈ 17,226,984 ADA |
| 656 | 18 | 18.4 | 97.8% | 1.74% | ≈ 17,220,709 ADA |
| 655 | 13 | 18.4 | 70.7% | 1.22% | ≈ 17,198,305 ADA |
Blocks expected = 21,600 an epoch for the whole network × the pool's share of the active stake. The return is computed from the blocks minted with the ledger's reward formula unless the rewards were reported.

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As of 2026-10-10T03:26:43.046Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool15wkxegrfflzcyhurrjxsm9ljqtz09xr5rtnqsarnp7hmsz5um3t
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