LUNA POOL

Cardano is a decentralised public blockchain and cryptocurrency project and is a fully open source. Furthermore it is the world's first peer-reviewed blockchain and is home to Ada cryptocurrency, which can be used to send and receive digital funds. This digital cash represents the future of money, making possible fast, direct transfers that are guaranteed to be secure through the use of cryptography. It is built on scientific philosophy and peer-reviewed academic research. It is a third-generation cryptocurrency and smart contract platform. Smart contracts seek to deliver more advanced features than any protocol previously developed. The development team consists of a large global collective of expert engineers and researchers.

Staking Cardano is a great way to earn passive ADA income. You can view it as earning interest on your crypto holdings and it is possible to spend your Cardano whenever you choose because they are not locked anywhere. By staking ADA, you actively support the Cardano network by allocating resources to it and contribute to the stability of the network. In return for your support, you earn ADA tokens as a reward. Rewards are shared among pool delegators automatically at the end of every epoch for previous epoch.

Epoch is a particular period of time. Each Cardano epoch consists of a number of slots, where each slot lasts for one second. A Cardano epoch currently includes 432,000 slots (5 days). In any slot, zero or more block-producing nodes might block-producing nodes might be nominated to be the slot leader.

The Cardano blockchain uses the proprietary Ouroboros Praos protocol to facilitate consensus on the chain. Ouroboros Praos divides time into epochs. Each Cardano epoch consists of a number of slots, where each slot lasts for one second. A Cardano epoch currently includes 432,000 slots (5 days).

Stake pool are nodes on the Cardano blockchain that have a public address, where other holders may send their ada in order to delegate their stake. Both individuals or businesses alike can choose to run a stake pool, but pool operators must possess the right technical skills and adequate computing infrastructure.

Delegation is the process by which ada holders delegate the stake associated with their ada to a stake pool. It allows ada holders that do not have the skills or desire to run a node to participate in the network and be rewarded in proportion to the amount of stake delegated.

Pool margin is share that the SPO (stake pool operators) takes from the rewards before distributing them among their delegators.

The pledge represents how much skin pool operators have in the game. There is no pledge minimum or maximum. Everybody can register and operate a pool in the Cardano ecosystem and every operator decides his own pledge amount

Fixed fees are costs for operating stake pool. 340ADA is currently the minimal fixed costs.

Stakepool ́s short name.