# [BD4] Blockdaemon 🧱😈 Stake Pool 4: fees, stake and returns

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- **Pool id:** pool18e545ehldchd8qr8qx7q7m5dljzaky2twxrynx2z29ru2mt6pv4
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://blockdaemon.com/
- **Operator group:** BD
- **Margin:** 8%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 200 ADA declared, 202 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 34,180 ADA
- **Active stake:** 34,180 ADA (0.0002% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 0% (saturation point 77,844,190 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 12
- **Blocks:** 0 in epoch 660 (expected so far 0.02), 2,838 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 0% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1y2nvdau7g7xt6dlh9wydy9c4fvve24rr67twf5w63axu56q4rypfz
- **Relays:** 0

## Last finished epochs (5 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 659 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 34,180 ADA |
| 658 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 34,180 ADA |
| 657 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 34,180 ADA |
| 656 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 34,180 ADA |
| 655 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 34,180 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 2026-10-10T05:13:07.055Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool18e545ehldchd8qr8qx7q7m5dljzaky2twxrynx2z29ru2mt6pv4
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool18e545ehldchd8qr8qx7q7m5dljzaky2twxrynx2z29ru2mt6pv4
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=pool18e545ehldchd8qr8qx7q7m5dljzaky2twxrynx2z29ru2mt6pv4
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.