We support the Cardano blockchain and its decentralization by operating a stake pool that is open for anyone to delegate their ADA
Our Stake Pool has added more than 250 blocks to the blockchain and has a perfect Luck score - it produced slightly more blocks than what it was expected to.
Stats on the external pages (external links):
235kADA Capital that is pledged to the pool.
340ADA fixed cost per epoch (5 days)
0.9%ADA variable cost of the stakle amount in the pool
The operator of a Stake Pool gets to choose 3 parameters when setting up the pool and needs to carefully balance these.
Finally we have created a calculator that shows how changing these parameters could affect the profitability of the pool and the delegators: Link
A Blockchain is a web of Nodes that are connected to each other. All Nodes in the Blockchain need to agree on what the true state of what the blockchain is keeping a record of.
The Cardano Node is therefore an element of the blockchain, it is the core component that enables our participation in the Cardano blockchain. By running a Cardano node we contribute to the network by our mere presence, and the more Nodes there are the more the decentralized the network becomes
The word Node and Stake Pool can be used interchangeably without loss of generality. The difference between them is that a Node can be a Relay node, or a Block Producing node, whereas a Stake pool is a combination of at least 1 Relay node (and often more) and at least 1 Block producing node. The stake pool needs to be reliable so that the it can produce a block whenever it randomly gets allocated its go
The following infographic illustrates the mechanics: