# [ELITE] 02  ▫  Elite Stake Pool: fees, stake and returns

Established Epoch 208 2020. Committed to Cardano, our delegates and building community tools. High pledge, low margin Operator.

- **Pool id:** pool1k6altfangsst2mmxg8a9wvg3dppyszu8ckfzd3uv6azgw3z2txy
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://elitestakepool.com
- **Operator group:** ELITE
- **Margin:** 0%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 300,000 ADA declared, 317,243 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 1,269,564 ADA
- **Active stake:** 1,269,176 ADA (0.006% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 1.6% (saturation point 77,844,190 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 235
- **Blocks:** 1 in epoch 660 (expected so far 0.83), 946 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 0.16% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1ytgutursutn574aqvumh77egx5wxastcv777p6dq3elfzqqwd5yc6
- **Relays:** 4

## Last finished epochs (5 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 659 | 1 | 1.4 | 73.6% | 0% | ≈ 1,269,176 ADA |
| 658 | 1 | 1.4 | 73.7% | 0% | ≈ 1,268,012 ADA |
| 657 | 0 | 1.4 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 1,268,012 ADA |
| 656 | 3 | 1.4 | 221.3% | 2.74% | ≈ 1,267,765 ADA |
| 655 | 0 | 1.4 | 0% | 0% | ≈ 1,267,765 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 2026-10-09T22:49:01.781Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1k6altfangsst2mmxg8a9wvg3dppyszu8ckfzd3uv6azgw3z2txy
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1k6altfangsst2mmxg8a9wvg3dppyszu8ckfzd3uv6azgw3z2txy
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=pool1k6altfangsst2mmxg8a9wvg3dppyszu8ckfzd3uv6azgw3z2txy
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.