Does an ideal of 0.25 really mean a 25% chance of getting a slot each Epoch

[Terminada]

@GrahamsNumberPlus1 I sense your frustration at your lack of reward for hard work. I agree that things are not configured properly at present.

I think one thing that can be changed easily is to lower the min Ada fee from 340 down to something like 30 as proposed by IOHK’s @Colin_Edwards in this thread:

Minimum Pool Fees (with a brief mention of K changes)

Minimum Pool Fees This is background on proposed updates to two parameters: ‘K’ and the ‘minimum fixed fee’. Much of this was discussed at the discord call; this note doesn’t add new material. This note is primarily intended to summarize what was talked about and to facilitate a continued discussion. Just to reiterate - these are changes up for consideration and I’d love to hear any constructive feedback. Background Minimum pool fees are one component of the staking rewards formula. They are…

It won’t get you paid more initially but will give you more ability to attract delegators.

On my website I say the following:

I do not recommend you stake with Terminada pool yet because the protocol does not allow setting the fixed fee any lower than 340 Ada.

With a fixed fee of 340 Ada you will lose too much of your rewards to fees until the pool size is over 10 million Ada.

I am hoping that enough community support builds to change this min fee parameter soon.

In the longer term, there are proposals to redesign the staking + pledging benefit metrics like that proposed by @Michael.Liesenfelt at:

CIP-0050? | Pledge Leverage-Based Staking Rewards