A flat fee approach is sub-optimal, it reduces rewards for stakers when pools are small and offers no additional resistance to reward killing over-saturation when they get too big.

Why our fees are better than flat fees:

  • Encourages growth, no fees until pool exceeds 25% saturation
  • Low fees until pool exceeds 80% saturation
  • Gears pool towards optimal stake and therefore optimal rewards
  • Increased Saturation Resistance as stake grows too large
  • No surprises

BIRD Pool Saturation Margin Fee Up to Stake
0 - 25% 0% 15.85M ₳
26% - 80% 2% 50.72M ₳
81% - 95% 4% 60.23M ₳
+ 95% 6%

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Saturation Resistance

On Cardano pool over-saturation is a big deal, it has the potential to significantly impact rewards so it's important that pools have a mitigation strategy, especially for stakers who aren't constantly assessing their rewards on a weekly basis.

Our pool automatically regulates stake via a progressive fee structure which ramps up before over-saturation hits.

  • Enables highly profitiable set and forget staking
  • Actively combats over-saturation - before it impacts rewards
  • Discourages new stakers when pool is under threat of saturation
  • Encourages active stakers to migrate before pool becomes saturated

Pool Rewards Comparison

The table below compares rewards earned at BIRD pool with 3 flat fee pools, this is based on a stake of 100K ₳, comparison does not track rewards lost due to over-saturation!

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Saturation BIRD Pool 1% Pool 2% Pool 3% Pool
25% 5,668 ₳ 5,533 ₳ 5,475 ₳ 5,418 ₳
80% 5,607 ₳ 5,640 ₳ 5,583 ₳ 5,525 ₳
95% 5,496 ₳ 5,648 ₳ 5,591 ₳ 5,533 ₳
Saturation Protection Yes No No No
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