# [0FEES] Zero Fees: fees, stake and returns

0FEES is a Cardano staking pool that guarantees an optimal performance while charging the minimum amount of fees allowed by the protocol. Our mission is to maximize the benefits of the stakers by reducing operational costs.

- **Pool id:** pool16x5fslqfvgmsyra4vmpvuzq7p5fzeln240envdwfm2jps0j3rw2
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://www.zerofeespool.com
- **Margin:** 0%
- **Fixed cost:** 170 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 500 ADA declared, 9,329 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 546,446 ADA
- **Active stake:** 546,446 ADA (0.0026% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 0.7% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 43
- **Blocks:** 0 in epoch 661 (expected so far 0.24), 55 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 0% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 143.8% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 2.11% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep_always_abstain
- **Relays:** 2

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 3 | 0.6 | 512.2% | 8.7% | ≈ 546,446 ADA |
| 659 | 0 | 0.4 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 411,030 ADA |
| 658 | 0 | 0.4 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 410,642 ADA |
| 657 | 0 | 0.4 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 410,642 ADA |
| 656 | 1 | 0.4 | 228% | 1.81% | ≈ 410,253 ADA |
| 655 | 0 | 0.4 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 410,253 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 2026-10-13T20:53:24.850Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool16x5fslqfvgmsyra4vmpvuzq7p5fzeln240envdwfm2jps0j3rw2
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool16x5fslqfvgmsyra4vmpvuzq7p5fzeln240envdwfm2jps0j3rw2
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
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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.