# Cardano pool not making transactions help **URL:** \ **Category:** Operate a Stake Pool\ **Created:** [2 October 2021 17:15 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-pool-not-making-transactions-help/77684 "2021-10-02T17:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![fermat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@fermat](https://forum.cardano.org/u/fermat)\ **Post date:** [3 October 2021 09:47 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-pool-not-making-transactions-help/77684/13 "2021-10-03T09:47:56Z")
Hi, Perhaps another route could be to purge your relay node and reinstall that with the node version 1.29.0. Then construct the transaction on the block producer node with your keys and send it to chain via your relay node. And on the topic of retiring the pool and those transactions, be aware of the hazzard of losing the 500 ada deposit if you retire the stake address before the end of the epoch at wich the stakepool retires. For more info on that see > [@Where do unclaimed rewards go to?](https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-do-unclaimed-rewards-go-to/69429): > > Hi there, A time a go I did a stupid thing, I went cold turkey on mainnet without prior knowledge (should have used testnet). I registered a staking pool and not long after that retired it. Both these actions where done using online guides without full grasp of the theory (ow silly me). The situation is that when I retired the stakepool (pool1j3660wj8q4ur8lhfm9ja9grc88eqfkd57gxsqsrwheefk3pv4rr) I also unregistered the staking address of the pool owner. When retiring a pool the initial deposit o… I did this and lost the 500 ada ☹ So dont be like me hehe. Good luck! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-pool-not-making-transactions-help/77684)._