Current Operators....Actual Cost to Operate vs Actual Returns thoughts?

Hi @Chrisomi,

Welcome to the club!

A few facts first:

  • you can’t start a pool with 50ada, since you need 500ada to even register your pool. you will get it back when you retire your pool
  • a registered pool with 50ada stake will have a statistical chance to find a block every 270 years. check this to roughly calculate your chances: Mnemonic device to help estimate the odds of your stake pool finding blocks (ada4good.com)
  • you need at least 2 servers, 3 i recommended. Quality cloud servers that meet the resouce requirements will costs about 150 dollars a month to rent.
  • finally, a small pool (under 1m stake) will give their delegators about 1,5% less annual returns than a big pool (5%).