I know a lot of people are looking for pools to delegate to atm, including me, so I’ve decided to share the research I’ve done for myself so far (it’s incomplete and unreliable, so check for yourselves ).
My own priorities when choosing a pool op (these are not requirements, but preferences) -
Support decentralization and Cardano’s values. Actively contributing to the community.
Pool reliability, performance, and fees.
Ran a pool on the ITN.
I’ve takes ROS and pool fee from this sheet kindly provided by @timo89.
I’m only sharing my personal, partial, flawed impressions, no recommendations included (also, I’ve talked to some of these operators, but am not affiliated with any).
Don’t go for the saturated ones .
I hope all the details are correct, and please let me know if you spot any errors.
Hope this will help somebody .
EDIT: Added several pools and decided to introduce a rule for this post: Only individuals not affiliated with a staking pool should propose new additions.
I think that will be more in the spirit of my original post. Thank you!
Thank you for mentioning my pool!
Note that the spreadsheet I posted contains two sheets: “ITN” (with all the pools) and “ITN - Pools with at least 100 blocks minted” where statistical outliers have been filtered out
I know @bigpey has produced a video outlining all the different parameters and how knowining these can serve you well @rin9s, thx for sharing your thoughts.
Hey @Ahmad_Alkilani, welcome to the forum!
I’m sorry, but I can’t add your pool to the list at this time because I don’t know it.
First steps to consider which can help the community get to know your pool -
Posting on the " Stake Pool Introductions" category (there’s a nice guide for that).
Add more info about the pool setup and its operators on the pool’s website.
Generally speaking I would be happy to make this a community thread, but I think only people who are not affiliated with any pools should endorse pools here, and not operators.
That’s my 2c, but like I said, this list is just to share my own personal inclinations.
Great post! My pool Bloom meets all of your requirements. I just had a name change since the ITN, my ITN stakepool was called Pey ADA. I ran this pool since epoch 3 in the ITN.
Thank you guys so much for your interest! Here’s what I’m going to do,
I’ve added both CPX and BLOOM to the the list -
BLOOM - Because it really seems like the general profile of the pools I would choose to delegate with.
CPX - Because it seems to have the potential of being such a pool. Consider this as a vote of confidence @Ahmad_Alkilani, that you will treat the community respectfully and honor Cardano’s values as a pool op (I have faith you will).
From this point on however, I will only consider adding to the list - Pools who are endorsed by someone unaffiliated with said pools, Kiva style.
I’m sure you understand. I really hope newcomers to the ecosystem would see the value in such a compilation.
Danke!
Welcome to the forum @mav3r1ck!
There’s a “Pool Introductions” category actually, and you can create your own post under that category to intro your pool.
Let’s keep this thread tidy, thanks! And good luck with your pool!
Maybe include some type of longevity requirement instead of ITN? Moving forward having ITN only, that would exclude any new pools ever from entering the list. Maybe 6mo+ active staking with reliable stats?
Makes sense @mraybin, I think I’ll do that towards the end of the year.
I hope I’ll get to maintain the list as we move forward, but so far nobody has even recommended any new pools, only pool ops testifying on their own behalf .
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