# [RATS] RATS Pool: fees, stake and returns

RATS pool is ran by Charles Hoskinson and Samuel Leathers

- **Pool id:** pool1tcmk6at0dmkytxgq5j4u7fgsx9kytvfu7gz22lrs8hp9ztu7arw
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://rats.fail
- **Margin:** 10%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 1,000,000 ADA declared, 1,000,038 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 2,970,692 ADA
- **Active stake:** 2,985,255 ADA (0.014% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 3.8% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 390
- **Blocks:** 2 in epoch 661 (expected so far 1.69), 2,274 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.18% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 144.6% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 2.08% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1ytwmwvtd0a8lr45ssner2tjxzv5y8q03w3606yeald9mdmgmwecja
- **Relays:** 1

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 5 | 3.5 | 144.6% | 2.1% | ≈ 3,225,883 ADA |
| 659 | 8 | 3.5 | 231.3% | 3.72% | ≈ 3,232,255 ADA |
| 658 | 4 | 3.5 | 115.6% | 1.52% | ≈ 3,233,672 ADA |
| 657 | 4 | 3.5 | 115.6% | 1.52% | ≈ 3,235,751 ADA |
| 656 | 7 | 3.5 | 202.3% | 3.19% | ≈ 3,235,495 ADA |
| 655 | 2 | 3.4 | 58.1% | 0.42% | ≈ 3,222,355 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 2026-10-14T02:56:54.770Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1tcmk6at0dmkytxgq5j4u7fgsx9kytvfu7gz22lrs8hp9ztu7arw
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1tcmk6at0dmkytxgq5j4u7fgsx9kytvfu7gz22lrs8hp9ztu7arw
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
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