# [FORTE] The independent: fees, stake and returns

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- **Pool id:** pool1gqgyta9sku3crjzfl9kj7kxsgfkt98y98yeu09kx22zscrezuj7
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://fortepool.io
- **Margin:** 1.9%
- **Fixed cost:** 170 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 2,000,000 ADA declared, 2,038,674 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 23,701,530 ADA
- **Active stake:** 23,784,835 ADA (0.1119% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 30% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 2,076
- **Blocks:** 12 in epoch 661 (expected so far 12.06), 9,861 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 2.06% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 115.3% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 2.37% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Relays:** 1

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 29 | 25.8 | 112.4% | 2.33% | ≈ 24,075,358 ADA |
| 659 | 29 | 26 | 111.7% | 2.28% | ≈ 24,253,377 ADA |
| 658 | 30 | 26 | 115.3% | 2.36% | ≈ 24,309,825 ADA |
| 657 | 32 | 26.9 | 118.9% | 2.44% | ≈ 25,186,679 ADA |
| 656 | 33 | 27 | 122.4% | 2.52% | ≈ 25,214,114 ADA |
| 655 | 30 | 27 | 111.1% | 2.28% | ≈ 25,263,906 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 2026-10-14T02:58:20.220Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1gqgyta9sku3crjzfl9kj7kxsgfkt98y98yeu09kx22zscrezuj7
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1gqgyta9sku3crjzfl9kj7kxsgfkt98y98yeu09kx22zscrezuj7
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
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