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How to choose a stake pool (2026)

Advice about picking a stake pool is usually someone's opinion. This page is counts instead: what 1227 real stake pools actually publish about themselves, and what that means when you compare two of them.

What to check, and how often it is published

CheckListings with itWhy it matters
A live website 1227 (100%) Open it before you plan anything. A dead link usually means the business has moved on.
A list of services 1227 (100%) Tells you what they actually do, instead of what the name suggests.

The services that come up most

Counted across every listing that names its services. Use it to tell a common offering from a rare one.

  • Single-pool operator766
  • Fixed cost 340 ADA745
  • Fixed cost 170 ADA325
  • Saturation 0.0%318
  • Margin 0%285
  • Margin 1%214
  • Pledge 1k ADA128
  • Margin 2%124
  • Pledge 100 ADA114
  • Pledge 0 ADA99
  • Pledge 50k ADA98
  • Saturation 0.1%91
  • Multi-pool operator (2 pools)90
  • Margin 3%88

Types, and how many of each

Single Pool Operators 766Low-Fee Pools 553Multi-Pool Operators 453Mission-Driven Pools 90Pool Tools & Explorers 8

Before you commit

  1. Open the business's own website from its listing here, and check the page is still live.
  2. Compare two or three on the same points. Save the ones you like and put them side by side.
  3. Confirm price and hours with the business directly. 0% publish a price and 0% publish hours, so most of this has to be asked.
  4. Check the date on the listing. Each one shows when it was last checked against the business's own site.

Open your saved list

Counts come from the 1227 listings on this site on the day this page was built. They describe this directory, not the whole industry.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What should I look for in a stake pool?

Start with what is published. Of the 1227 stake pools listed here, 1227 have a live website and 1227 list their services. None publish opening hours and none publish a price, so expect to ask about both. A listing that publishes more is easier to check before you commit.

How many stake pools are there?

1227 on this site, sorted into 5 types.

How is this list put together?

Every listing is a real business, checked against its own website, with the source link and the date of that check shown on the listing page. Nothing is ranked by payment.