# [SAND] Sandstone: fees, stake and returns

Reliable, trustworthy and dependable stakepool for all.

- **Pool id:** pool1gqvrgg7zycvf65ydkjeph72t0yx0f5ykzd9f477zh4f3smwk997
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://www.sandstone.io
- **Margin:** 1%
- **Fixed cost:** 170 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 100,000 ADA declared, 650,638 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 2,762,998 ADA
- **Active stake:** 2,790,344 ADA (0.0131% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 3.5% (saturation point 77,844,190 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 476
- **Blocks:** 0 in epoch 660 (expected so far 1.94), 3,792 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.65% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1yfemdmjmxr59kecgqnzd8d0ankkue4rdnn35c8qfsuljt9cjree5m
- **Relays:** 1

## Last finished epochs (5 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 659 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 2,785,913 ADA |
| 658 | 2 | 3 | 67% | 0.96% | ≈ 2,789,673 ADA |
| 657 | 3 | 3 | 100.4% | 1.67% | ≈ 2,794,791 ADA |
| 656 | 5 | 3 | 167.3% | 3.08% | ≈ 2,794,878 ADA |
| 655 | 2 | 3 | 67% | 0.97% | ≈ 2,793,898 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 2026-10-10T03:26:05.549Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1gqvrgg7zycvf65ydkjeph72t0yx0f5ykzd9f477zh4f3smwk997
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1gqvrgg7zycvf65ydkjeph72t0yx0f5ykzd9f477zh4f3smwk997
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
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