# Stake pool: fees, stake and returns

Cardano stake pool.

- **Pool id:** pool18hkq2t8ss45h4fkr92f52flhc4mpzedx5mcz4xhnpj0dzp76028
- **Status:** retired, retiring in epoch 597
- **Margin:** 0.1%
- **Fixed cost:** 225 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 22 ADA declared, n/a live
- **Live stake:** n/a
- **Active stake:** n/a
- **Blocks:** 0 in epoch 661 (expected so far n/a), n/a lifetime
- **Relays:** 4

## Last finished epochs (342 on record, from epoch 257)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 598 | 2 | 2.3 | 87.8% | 1.35% | 2,250,445 ADA |
| 597 | 2 | 2.6 | 77.8% | 1.2% | 2,551,418 ADA |
| 596 | 3 | 2.5 | 118.6% | 2.17% | 2,549,783 ADA |
| 595 | 2 | 3 | 65.6% | 1.03% | 3,073,445 ADA |
| 594 | 5 | 3 | 164.3% | 3.38% | 3,071,335 ADA |
| 593 | 2 | 3.1 | 65.4% | 1.03% | 3,099,773 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 2026-10-13T14:11:24.788Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool18hkq2t8ss45h4fkr92f52flhc4mpzedx5mcz4xhnpj0dzp76028
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool18hkq2t8ss45h4fkr92f52flhc4mpzedx5mcz4xhnpj0dzp76028
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=pool18hkq2t8ss45h4fkr92f52flhc4mpzedx5mcz4xhnpj0dzp76028
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.