# [ITC3] Into the Cryptoverse #3: fees, stake and returns

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- **Pool id:** pool16j3mvwws7zc9pjluyhddgea0tq647v0dh3y4nkcuckg9znjcun2
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvqjQPSeaWn-uEx-w0XOIg
- **Operator group:** ITC
- **Margin:** 3.99%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 100,000 ADA declared, 100,007 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 15,818,812 ADA
- **Active stake:** 15,729,130 ADA (0.074% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 20% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 4,138
- **Blocks:** 6 in epoch 661 (expected so far 9.03), 9,987 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.9% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 81.6% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 1.52% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1y25xtvu3d0gaf6cxktr9pkfgnywmqsh4fum93s8m3hlp4aqj3uqdp
- **Relays:** 1

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 15 | 16.9 | 88.7% | 1.67% | ≈ 15,775,473 ADA |
| 659 | 15 | 17 | 88.4% | 1.64% | ≈ 15,861,435 ADA |
| 658 | 10 | 17.2 | 58.2% | 1.03% | ≈ 16,058,590 ADA |
| 657 | 15 | 17.3 | 86.9% | 1.62% | ≈ 16,148,342 ADA |
| 656 | 18 | 17.3 | 104.2% | 1.98% | ≈ 16,160,288 ADA |
| 655 | 11 | 17.3 | 63.5% | 1.15% | ≈ 16,196,061 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 2026-10-14T09:03:20.825Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool16j3mvwws7zc9pjluyhddgea0tq647v0dh3y4nkcuckg9znjcun2
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool16j3mvwws7zc9pjluyhddgea0tq647v0dh3y4nkcuckg9znjcun2
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
Compare pools and estimate rewards for an amount: https://realtap.app/stake-pools/compare?pools=pool16j3mvwws7zc9pjluyhddgea0tq647v0dh3y4nkcuckg9znjcun2
Units: ADA amounts are whole ADA, token amounts are decimal-adjusted, percentages are percent values, times are UTC. Cite as: "Source: Realtap (<page URL>), retrieved <asOf time>". Prices are derived from on-chain DEX pools and are not financial advice.