# Is necessary to hold 505 ADA in your wallet for paying fees for run a cardano-node by your own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Stake Pool Security\ **Created:** [7 January 2022 16:56 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-necessary-to-hold-505-ada-in-your-wallet-for-paying-fees-for-run-a-cardano-node-by-your-own/91154 "2022-01-07T16:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![tomdx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/tomdx/32/44498_2.png) [@tomdx](https://forum.cardano.org/u/tomdx)\ **Post date:** [7 January 2022 17:51 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-necessary-to-hold-505-ada-in-your-wallet-for-paying-fees-for-run-a-cardano-node-by-your-own/91154/3 "2022-01-07T17:51:58Z")
> [@Fabian\_Constantin\_Hr](#): > > … and the other things for running an optimal node You may want to have a look at … > [@Current Operators....Actual Cost to Operate vs Actual Returns thoughts?](https://forum.cardano.org/t/current-operators-actual-cost-to-operate-vs-actual-returns-thoughts/59158/10): > > I’m also running [a pool](https://adapools.org/pool/9e8009b249142d80144dfb681984e08d96d51c2085e8bb6d9d1831d2) 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](http://astorpool.net/#sectionCharity), 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](https://twitter.com/AstorPool/status/1386680345362305029)) - 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](https://forum.cardano.org/t/astor-has-paid-out-the-first-dividend-to-loyal-delegators/53524). If you own the pool, the mat… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cardano.org/t/is-necessary-to-hold-505-ada-in-your-wallet-for-paying-fees-for-run-a-cardano-node-by-your-own/91154)._