Is necessary to hold 505 ADA in your wallet for paying fees for run a cardano-node by your own?

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@Fabian_Constantin_Hr

… and the other things for running an optimal node

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

I’m also running a pool primarily for research/learning. The operational cost is minimal, because I run on hosted RaspberryPi4 which is also CO2 neutral. The 1% pool margin goes to charity, which is then used to plant trees. The pool rewards go to loyal delegators on top of what they get anyway (i.e. 850 ADA to 14 delegators) - we started to do this 3 months ago (i.e. since it became apparent that 360 p.e. is much more than actually needed) and here is how it works. If you own the pool, the mat…