# [ELITE] 01  ▫  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:** pool1qwa8x4u4a2pff0xdv0haxpgk3tyrvl5adl2lpf3ztcftqruhea0
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://elitestakepool.com
- **Operator group:** ELITE
- **Margin:** 0%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 200,000 ADA declared, 225,350 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 26,874,682 ADA
- **Active stake:** 26,708,873 ADA (0.1256% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 34% (saturation point 77,844,190 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 2,412
- **Blocks:** 21 in epoch 660 (expected so far 18.93), 10,223 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 2.02% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 116% of the expected blocks over 5 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 2.37% over 5 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **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 | 34 | 28.6 | 119.1% | 2.42% | ≈ 26,687,629 ADA |
| 658 | 32 | 28.8 | 111.1% | 2.26% | ≈ 26,903,013 ADA |
| 657 | 29 | 28.9 | 100.4% | 2.04% | ≈ 27,009,885 ADA |
| 656 | 34 | 28.9 | 117.6% | 2.41% | ≈ 27,037,173 ADA |
| 655 | 38 | 28.9 | 131.6% | 2.71% | ≈ 27,014,028 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 2026-10-10T04:35:01.069Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1qwa8x4u4a2pff0xdv0haxpgk3tyrvl5adl2lpf3ztcftqruhea0
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1qwa8x4u4a2pff0xdv0haxpgk3tyrvl5adl2lpf3ztcftqruhea0
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=pool1qwa8x4u4a2pff0xdv0haxpgk3tyrvl5adl2lpf3ztcftqruhea0
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.