# Stake pool: fees, stake and returns

Cardano stake pool.

- **Pool id:** pool18gysxqfwz4j8rm3vlh6677vs9n23prvfr7gwe88mhn5uudgx9ng
- **Status:** registered
- **Margin:** 1.94%
- **Fixed cost:** 170 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 30,000 ADA declared, 42,847 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 2,876,949 ADA
- **Active stake:** 2,913,573 ADA (0.0137% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 3.6% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 275
- **Blocks:** 1 in epoch 661 (expected so far 1.57), 974 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.68% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 122.6% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 2.13% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1ygr9tuapcanc3kpeyy4dc3vmrz9cfe5q7v9wj3x9j0ap3tswtre9j
- **Relays:** 2

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 5 | 3.1 | 159.6% | 2.94% | ≈ 2,923,016 ADA |
| 659 | 6 | 3.1 | 191.8% | 3.56% | ≈ 2,923,251 ADA |
| 658 | 3 | 3.1 | 95.5% | 1.57% | ≈ 2,935,088 ADA |
| 657 | 3 | 3.1 | 96.3% | 1.58% | ≈ 2,913,045 ADA |
| 656 | 4 | 3.1 | 128.3% | 2.25% | ≈ 2,915,168 ADA |
| 655 | 2 | 3.1 | 63.9% | 0.91% | ≈ 2,929,705 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 2026-10-13T20:53:35.023Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool18gysxqfwz4j8rm3vlh6677vs9n23prvfr7gwe88mhn5uudgx9ng
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool18gysxqfwz4j8rm3vlh6677vs9n23prvfr7gwe88mhn5uudgx9ng
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=pool18gysxqfwz4j8rm3vlh6677vs9n23prvfr7gwe88mhn5uudgx9ng
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.
