# [BRAVE] BraveDAO: fees, stake and returns

BraveDAO community stake pool. Freedom through Truth for Service. Cardano stake pool supporting lifelong learning and the Sovereign Individual philosophy.

- **Pool id:** pool1fpqae6awxx6sfewv8sjnkpm9mjvldkvykrfg6vr9httv64u3r6q
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://brave2049.com
- **Margin:** 1%
- **Fixed cost:** 170 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 10,000 ADA declared, 11,013 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 821,996 ADA
- **Active stake:** 723,815 ADA (0.0034% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 1% (saturation point 77,844,190 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 43
- **Blocks:** 0 in epoch 660 (expected so far 0.48), 3 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 0.6% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Relays:** 1

## Last finished epochs (5 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 659 | 0 | 0.8 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 724,801 ADA |
| 658 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 970,242 ADA |
| 657 | 0 | 1.3 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 1,170,536 ADA |
| 656 | 1 | 1.3 | 78.7% | 0.62% | ≈ 1,187,930 ADA |
| 655 | 0 | 1.2 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 1,137,989 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 2026-10-09T23:26:52.204Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1fpqae6awxx6sfewv8sjnkpm9mjvldkvykrfg6vr9httv64u3r6q
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1fpqae6awxx6sfewv8sjnkpm9mjvldkvykrfg6vr9httv64u3r6q
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
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