# [BD0] Blockdaemon 🧱😈 Stake Pool 0: fees, stake and returns

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- **Pool id:** pool1t6ek99u2dzj8sr606uqm3uz0tt4ejr4cpvwtqfwen6p2z57rrst
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://blockdaemon.com/
- **Operator group:** BD
- **Margin:** 8%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 200 ADA declared, 2,666 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 36,539,882 ADA
- **Active stake:** 36,532,013 ADA (0.1718% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 46.3% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 95
- **Blocks:** 9 in epoch 661 (expected so far 15.39), 17,513 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.91% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 96.7% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 1.83% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1y2nvdau7g7xt6dlh9wydy9c4fvve24rr67twf5w63axu56q4rypfz
- **Relays:** 0

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 29 | 39.1 | 74.1% | 1.4% | ≈ 36,509,633 ADA |
| 659 | 31 | 39.1 | 79.3% | 1.48% | ≈ 36,511,471 ADA |
| 658 | 37 | 39.1 | 94.7% | 1.78% | ≈ 36,491,600 ADA |
| 657 | 43 | 39 | 110.3% | 2.09% | ≈ 36,469,823 ADA |
| 656 | 42 | 40.3 | 104.1% | 1.97% | ≈ 37,734,264 ADA |
| 655 | 47 | 40.3 | 116.6% | 2.22% | ≈ 37,718,514 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 2026-10-13T20:52:44.634Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1t6ek99u2dzj8sr606uqm3uz0tt4ejr4cpvwtqfwen6p2z57rrst
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1t6ek99u2dzj8sr606uqm3uz0tt4ejr4cpvwtqfwen6p2z57rrst
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=pool1t6ek99u2dzj8sr606uqm3uz0tt4ejr4cpvwtqfwen6p2z57rrst
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.