I would like to share with you my own pool - Raspberry stakepool.
As you guessed it, the pool runs on a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4Gb RAM. This small beast is linked to internet via a FTTH connection so it is always synced with the testnet.
Despite the fact that the pool hasn’t been assigned a block for now, I’m really impressed with the fact that it’s able to stay in sync.
Even when I have to reboot the pool because of a system upgrade or Jormungandr upgrade, it catches up really quickly. Devs did, and are still doing, an amazing job!
Once it’s been configured, it runs smoothly. All you have to do is keep it updated every time a new version is out. That part take less than 5 minutes.
I’ve written some simple shell and python scripts to help me boot the node and start the monitoring displayed on my webpage for example. This was the longest part in order to get them right, but those scripts are not mandatory at all.
You can easily rely on the jormungandr & jcli commands.
If you want to run a node, or just by curiosity, I strongly suggest you to try the tutorial. You’ll be amazed by how easy it is.
The only block the pool has been assigned, rewarded it with 840 ADA (You can check it on PoolTool.io).
So, as the owner, I took 3% of it (25 ADA), the rest was distributed amongst the delegators (815 ADA). As I was the only one who delegated to the pool at that time, I got the full amount ^^
I haven’t check but I believe your % reward will depend on the % of ADA your share represent.
Right now, there are 577k ADA delegated. Only 20k are mine.
So, if I’m correct and if the pool is assigned a new block, I presume I would only have:
20*815/577 = 28.2 ADA as reward + 25 ADA as fee.
All delegators would be rewarded 815 - 28.2 - 25 = 761,8 ADA splitted amongst them depending on the size of their share.
In other words, your fee will be 3% of the award. 97% of the award will be split amongst the others in the pool. If I have 400,000 Ada and there is 4,000,000 in your pool I’ll get about 10% of the 97% shared reward.
I think the issues going forward her that there’s a 3% fee, and how big is your stake pool. Then it’s just a matter of how many blocks does your pool stake earn. I’ll just have to wait and see once the pools are out and what the odds are of your producing any blocks.
Is it guarantee that every pool will produce at least some blocks? It seems that there’s a large discussion that avoiding a super big pool is better – any thoughts on that?
In other words, your fee will be 3% of the award. 97% of the award will be split amongst the others in the pool. If I have 400,000 Ada and there is 4,000,000 in your pool I’ll get about 10% of the 97% shared reward.
That’s what I think.
I think the issues going forward her that there’s a 3% fee, and how big is your stake pool. Then it’s just a matter of how many blocks does your pool stake earn. I’ll just have to wait and see once the pools are out and what the odds are of your producing any blocks.
Is it guarantee that every pool will produce at least some blocks? It seems that there’s a large discussion that avoiding a super big pool is better – any thoughts on that?
There is no guarantee for a pool to produce a block.
I don’t know if I’ve been lucky to be assigned a block in three weeks after I started the pool or not, but this very unique block rewarded me with more ADA than the total of what I earned since the beginning of the ITN.
I’ve never tried to delegate my stake to pools larger than 0.3% because I always thought it wasn’t worth it. There may be some maths theories about which type of pool is better depending on the size of your stack, but it’s absolutely not my field of expertise
how many ADA were in your pool stake in total - about?
Around 21K ADA that’s why I consider myself lucky on this block.
I’ve done a little bit of research and hand almost everyone agreeing stay away from the large pools.
Insight on the rating page where it talks about the size of pools, one has a red triangle that is just too overloaded already. I’ve done a little bit of research and hand almost everyone agreeing stay away from the large pools.
Insight on the rating page we are talking about the size of pools, one has a red triangle that is just too overloaded already
What do you think the overall return might be?
On the page I want to some pools are averaging between 8% and 11%. Most had smaller returns but there were five or six that were in this range
have you considered setting up shop for people to buy preprogrammed ones say once shelly is released? I’d be up for finding a way to make some effort towards this.
