It is common knowledge that the most good engineers between information technology and electronic design have a hard time “selling” themselves and their work - they just do it as well as they can and hope to be recognized for it.
My Stake pool “[IWH] I was here” is no different in this respect. However, I would like to take the opportunity to at least point out that it exists. And of course: It is there to be used by you ;-). Currently the pool consists of a Root Server and three relays (VPS server) on different machinen/in different data centers.
Pool ID: e1ca526fe5d2d2ac26a2b3ab52bf73ba4f1506da4e533eff8c5faa7f
Location: Nuremberg and Frankfurt a. M., Germany
This pool runs on renewable energy.
Of course I’m not a fan of big words like “maximum peak availability” and all the stuff you read about elsewhere. Which, in my experience, is more often lip service than reality.
If you are wondering: The name already dates back about twenty years. It was the result of a process to think about what would be a meaningful goal in life. And I stuck to it since then.
I would be very happy if we could leave something good together.
Happy staking !
Thank you! I just reduced the margin to two percent.
I am still convinced that it is barely a difference to delegators (which now of course switch over to pools actually producing blocks) if they earn 97% oder 98% of the rewards. At the same time it is a (potential) loss of 30% for the operator…
I just don’t get the mechanics (anymore) - How is this “race to the bottom” promote decentralization on the long run?
With time your operation will be highly profitable and the skills you have sharpened in the process will be invaluable! Stay in the fight and you won’t regret it!
For hundreds, also pools with smaller stake, this might be business as usual… But finally… IWH minted its firsts Block! yaiii Man, I am relieved Honestly.
This way, potential and current delegators can actually check the performance - which they usually can’t as most operators won’t make the assigned number of slots available. I hope this is useful to build more trust into the pool operation itself.
Taxes of the pool for block rewards 2021 are 16636 €/17501 $US!
That means IWH paid 1386 €/1458 $US per month for free education, universal healthcare, unemployment support, pension funds, environmental protection and public infrastructure.
What other “charity” pool (of this size) has donated that much?
IWH pool will be shutting down end of epoch 527 (Dec. 15.12. 10:44pm CET)
As one of the very first Cardano stake pools – I think this was (about) the 30th registered stakepool on the blockchain ever – time has come to move on.
Quite some lines have already been written about the viability of small pools in this environment, but this pool has been an idealistic hobby ever since. Accounting for the time used for research and administration, a net negative one, I think. This is not the reason. Nor are the soaring prices in the wake of the US election. The actual positive trigger for this is a new family member that deserves more time in the future.
You 15 to 20 delegators: Thank you for carrying this small pool through 317 epochs (4 years and 4 months).
Of course I will be following the Cardano space as closely as possible in the future. All the best.
I would like to express my appreciation for the transparency of this thread, the announcements of updates, and the well-documented data flow. This truly stands out as an exemplary contribution. I wish you all the best.
: contact /at/ cardano.ich-war-hier.de
: iwh_pool
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Honestly.
free education, 
universal healthcare, 
unemployment support, 
pension funds, 
environmental protection and 
public infrastructure.