# Stake pool: fees, stake and returns

Cardano stake pool.

- **Pool id:** pool1k8s63hvxl5un403f0lwqm87f7svwn2j7vpeflgupvkhqkjpknut
- **Status:** registered
- **Operator group:** BD
- **Margin:** 6%
- **Fixed cost:** 170 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 100 ADA declared, 643.34 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 2,037,638 ADA
- **Active stake:** 2,039,451 ADA (0.0096% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 2.6% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 2
- **Blocks:** 1 in epoch 661 (expected so far 0.98), 431 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.44% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 121.5% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 1.85% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep_always_abstain
- **Relays:** 2

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 2 | 2.2 | 91.5% | 1.27% | ≈ 2,038,292 ADA |
| 659 | 3 | 2.2 | 137.5% | 2.16% | ≈ 2,038,834 ADA |
| 658 | 3 | 2.2 | 137.5% | 2.16% | ≈ 2,038,058 ADA |
| 657 | 4 | 2.2 | 181.1% | 3.04% | ≈ 2,066,505 ADA |
| 656 | 2 | 2.2 | 90.6% | 1.24% | ≈ 2,065,338 ADA |
| 655 | 2 | 2.2 | 90.6% | 1.24% | ≈ 2,064,171 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 2026-10-14T02:59:18.912Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1k8s63hvxl5un403f0lwqm87f7svwn2j7vpeflgupvkhqkjpknut
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1k8s63hvxl5un403f0lwqm87f7svwn2j7vpeflgupvkhqkjpknut
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
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