# [SA8] SMAN8: fees, stake and returns

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- **Pool id:** pool1a3ekt9me035qgju0en2w39vjns9ggtewnc9fugsmpgczvgtl6u9
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://twitter.com/SMAN8_TickerSA8
- **Operator group:** sman8.github.io
- **Margin:** 1%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 168 ADA declared, 11,122 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 7,271,600 ADA
- **Active stake:** 7,269,670 ADA (0.0342% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 9.2% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 58
- **Blocks:** 1 in epoch 661 (expected so far 3.29), 5,104 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.78% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 98.7% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 1.74% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1yghm3canzwv736un9usqrxpfvxrm68k9hz0ppvrxe7n7lfgmsxru8
- **Relays:** 2

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 13 | 7.8 | 166.9% | 3.2% | ≈ 7,265,808 ADA |
| 659 | 5 | 7.8 | 64.3% | 1.01% | ≈ 7,263,098 ADA |
| 658 | 10 | 7.8 | 128.7% | 2.36% | ≈ 7,260,768 ADA |
| 657 | 7 | 7.8 | 90.2% | 1.55% | ≈ 7,258,826 ADA |
| 656 | 6 | 7.8 | 77.3% | 1.29% | ≈ 7,256,103 ADA |
| 655 | 5 | 7.8 | 64.5% | 1.02% | ≈ 7,254,936 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 2026-10-14T02:57:11.904Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1a3ekt9me035qgju0en2w39vjns9ggtewnc9fugsmpgczvgtl6u9
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1a3ekt9me035qgju0en2w39vjns9ggtewnc9fugsmpgczvgtl6u9
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=pool1a3ekt9me035qgju0en2w39vjns9ggtewnc9fugsmpgczvgtl6u9
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.