# [DNEWS] DigitalAssetNews: fees, stake and returns

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- **Pool id:** pool1wf7wk3802jxtkmek6uprm77cgqx53t4qep9kwkl078w3yw0ff69
- **Status:** registered
- **Homepage:** https://danteachescrypto.com/cardano-staking-pool/
- **Operator group:** DNEWS
- **Margin:** 5%
- **Fixed cost:** 340 ADA per epoch
- **Pledge:** 75,000 ADA declared, 75,035 ADA live (met)
- **Live stake:** 13,443,200 ADA
- **Active stake:** 13,442,609 ADA (0.0632% of the network)
- **Saturation:** 17% (saturation point 77,863,593 ADA)
- **Delegators:** 3,116
- **Blocks:** 3 in epoch 661 (expected so far 7.06), 9,199 lifetime
- **Estimated yearly return:** 1.86% (theoretical, at 100% luck)
- **Luck, recent epochs:** 108.3% of the expected blocks over 6 finished epochs (approximate: stake figure without unwithdrawn rewards)
- **Yearly return of delegators, recent epochs:** 2.01% over 6 finished epochs (not compounded)
- **Votes through DRep:** drep1y25xtvu3d0gaf6cxktr9pkfgnywmqsh4fum93s8m3hlp4aqj3uqdp
- **Relays:** 1

## Last finished epochs (6 on record, from epoch 655)
| Epoch | Blocks minted | Blocks expected | Luck | Return (yearly) | Active stake (ADA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 660 | 7 | 14.6 | 47.9% | 0.8% | ≈ 13,623,863 ADA |
| 659 | 18 | 14.6 | 123.5% | 2.31% | ≈ 13,618,655 ADA |
| 658 | 18 | 14.4 | 125.1% | 2.34% | ≈ 13,443,248 ADA |
| 657 | 21 | 14.4 | 146% | 2.76% | ≈ 13,452,807 ADA |
| 656 | 15 | 14.4 | 104.2% | 1.93% | ≈ 13,467,922 ADA |
| 655 | 15 | 14.5 | 103.6% | 1.92% | ≈ 13,546,826 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 2026-10-14T02:56:29.958Z (UTC). Source: https://realtap.app/stake-pool/pool1wf7wk3802jxtkmek6uprm77cgqx53t4qep9kwkl078w3yw0ff69
JSON: https://realtap.app/api/v1/staking/pools/pool1wf7wk3802jxtkmek6uprm77cgqx53t4qep9kwkl078w3yw0ff69
Delegating is done by the user in their own wallet from the page above.
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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.