[Pool Update] Epoch 290, 291, 292 & 293

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Alonzo Hard Fork

The Alonzo Hard Fork took place September 12th and thanks to the Cardano Hardfork Combinator everything went flawless and with no downtime of the network. It’s great to finally see smart contracts running on Cardano and the next months with the launch of many new and interesting projects will be a very special time.

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Project Catalyst Fund6 – our biggest, boldest & best Cardano community innovation fund yet

Why they’re calling Cardano ‘the green blockchain’

Djed: implementing algorithmic stablecoins for proven price stability

Cardano to integrate Chainlink oracles for real-time market data

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COTI to issue Djed stablecoin on Cardano

Cardano enters the age of AI as it welcomes Grace, the AI robot designed to revolutionize global healthcare

Oasis Pro deal will give developing world better access to financial markets

Cardano Summit 2021

The Cardano Summit 2021 is over and it was a truly special event. Many great speakers presented many great topics and we also saw some really promising announcements which will help to further develop our ecosystem.

All Content shown at the Summit will be available soon on https://summit.cardano.org/ for you to (re)watch!


Performance and assigned slots

EpochLeaderIdealLuckConfirmed LuckProducedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
2896958.71117.53%112.42%69660030
2904758.4980.36%76.94%47450020
2914353.4280.49%74.88%43400120
2924653.2886.34%76.95%46410230
2934752.8888.88%

With this pool update I would like to introduce a new format for performance and assigned slots. From now on the epochs will no longer be listed individually but together in one table. This provides more clarity and a better readability. Let’s also briefly introduce what each column means:

  • Epoch: The five day time frame for which this row shows the statistics
  • Leader: How many leader slots where assigned to the pool
  • Ideal: The statistically calculated optimal number of slots for the corresponding stake of this epoch
  • Luck: The percentage of assigned slots (leader slots) to the statistically ideal number of assigned slots
  • Confirmed Luck: The percentage of produced and confirmed slots to the statistically ideal number of assigned slots
  • Produced: The number of produced blocks
  • Confirmed: The number of blocks that where produced and accepted by the chain
  • Missed: The number of slots which were missed to be produced in time
  • Ghosted: The number of blocks rejected/discarded due to time delay of other blocks
  • Stolen: The number of blocks that were lost to other pools due to slots battles
  • Invalid: The number of blocks that were invalid (various reasons)

If we take a look at the past epochs (289-292) we ca see that we consistently produced blocks for all assigned slots. We were unfortunately quite unlucky in the assignment of slots. There is nothing pools can do to influence their luck as it is partly determined by randomness. Over time unluckier epochs will level out with more luckier ones. We also lost some blocks due to slot battles which are also determined by luck and therefore can not be influenced. There were also a few ghosted blocks, which I talked about in earlier pool updates (you will find it via the search function).

I am looking forward to those luckier epochs. If you have any questions just contact me via any of the contact options at the bottom.

This is it for now. Let’s see you all in the Alonzo Era! Talk to you soon 🙂

[Pool Update] Epoch 286, 287, 288 & 289

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Financial freedom also means taking responsibility for the safety of your own money. I therefore urge everyone to read the following security advice carefully: Cardano Stay Safe Content

No one will ever send you free ADA. It is always a SCAM. Please stay away from it or you will lose your money.

Alonzo Hard Fork

For your information and to ease your mind: Rest assured that FAIR will install all updates in a timely manner and is always ready when it comes to network upgrades. We are ready for the Alonzo Hardfork. All Nodes are running 1.29.0. Looking forward to September 12th!

New IOHK Blog posts

Cardano Stack Exchange: a growing and vibrant community developer resource

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No-surprises transaction validation on Cardano

No-surprises transaction validation: part 2

Cardano360 August edition – monthly Cardano update!

Cardano360 August Edition is here and it is again full of great updates and information! Get your favourite hot beverage ready again, lean back and enjoy the full show 😉

Cardano Summit 2021

The Cardano Summit will be held 25th and 26th of September as a mix of virtual and live events from around the world over two days.

Everyone is invited and it’s free, so make sure to register now to stay up to date: https://summit.cardano.org/


Performance for 285

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
6956.18117.48%66660030

Epoch 285 was a very good one for us. We were assigned 69 slots, we produced all 69 but lost three due to slot battles. At the end 66 blocks made it to the chain which results in a performance of ~117.5%


Performance for 286

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
5455.6789.15%50500040

We were assigned only 54 slots in 286 and also lost four blocks due to slot battles. This means an underperformance of 89.15%.


Performance for 287

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
4855.8976.94%43430050

Epch 287 was a really bad one: Not only were we allocated unexpectedly few blocks, we also lost five blocks due to slot battles. This leaves us with an underperformance of ~76.94%.


Performance for 288

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
6358.46106.06%62620010

Epoch 288 was a rather good one. 63 assigned slots; 63 produced blocks; 62 adopted blocks = 106.06% performance. Not bad 🙂


Assigned Slots for 289

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
6958.71117.54%000000

In Epoch 289 we are looking for 69 leader slots which equates to 117.54% luck. If we don’t lose many blocks this will be a very good epoch for us! It has the potential to be the epoch with the most blocks per epoch of this pool so far.

This is it for now. Let’s see you all in the Alonzo Era! Talk to you soon 🙂

[Pool Update] Epoch 283, 284 & 285

Hey people 🙂

Financial freedom also means taking responsibility for the safety of your own money. I therefore urge everyone to read the following security advice carefully: Cardano Stay Safe Content

No one will ever send you free ADA. It is always a SCAM. Please stay away from it or you will lose your money.

With that said, let’s take a look at the newest IOHK blog posts.

New IOHK Blog posts

Connecting the unconnected, banking the unbanked

Project Catalyst Fund6 – our biggest, boldest & best Cardano community innovation fund yet

Why they’re calling Cardano ‘the green blockchain’

Djed: implementing algorithmic stablecoins for proven price stability

Cardano Summit 2021

We have a date for the Cardano Summit: 25th and 26th of September! The Cardano Summit 2021 will be held as a mix of virtual and live events from around the world over two days. Everyone is invited and it’s free, so make sure to register now to stay up to date: https://summit.cardano.org/


Performance for 282

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
6153.77109.73%59590020

Epoch 282 was good for us. We produced all 61 assigned blocks, but only 59 made it to the chain as two were lost due to slot battles. But overall we do end up with around ~110% luck.


Performance for 283

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
5553.66100.63%54540010

Epoch 283 was spot on. With 55 produced and 54 adopted blocks we landed right at the 100% luck.


Performance for 284

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
5354.9394.67%52520010

Epoch 284 ended with a slight underperformance. We produced all 53 assigned blocks. One was stolen in a slot battle, which means 52 blocks actually made it to the chain. This leaves is with around 95% luck.


Assigned Slots for 285

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
6956.18122.82%000000

Epoch 285 is looking really sweet for us. We were assigned 69 leader slots, which means around 123% luck. This should end up in an excellent epoch for us. Let’s see how it plays out.

That’s all for now. Talk to you soon! 🙂

[Pool Update] Epoch 280, 281 & 282

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It’s been some epochs and we really need to take a look at some new blog posts, videos as well as the pools performance metrics.

New IOHK Blog posts

Wolfram and Cardano build communities with NFTs and liveminting

A closer look at the cFund

Cardano360 July edition – monthly Cardano update!

Cardano360 July Edition is packed with loads of interesting topics! Get your favourite hot beverage ready, lean back and enjoy the full show 😉

Cardano360 July edition – Mini

If you are short in time, here are the most important topics compressed in just over 4 minutes. Really everyone has the time to watch this!

Cardano Summit 2021

The Cardano Summit 2021 will be held as a mix of virtual and live events from around the world over two days. Everyone is invited and it’s free, so make sure to register now to stay up to date: https://summit.cardano.org/

Cardano Developer Portal

As talked about in the Cardano360 July Show the Cardano Developer Portal is finally here! A one stop library featuring, on launch, over fifty articles, vetted the community. It’s worth taking a look for everyone interested in Cardano who wants to take a deeper look into some topic. It’s not only for developers 🙂


Performance for 280

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
6146.26129.70%60600010

Epoch 280 was very good for us. We produced all 61 assigned blocks and lost only one due to a slot battle. This leaves us at ~129.7% luck for this epoch and a great ROA.


Performance for 281

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
4648.195.63%46460000

In Epoch 281 we were assigned 46 of 48 expected blocks. Fortunately no block was stolen and we produced all 46 assigned blocks for an overall luck of 95.65%.


Assigned Slots for 282

LeaderIdealLuckAdoptedConfirmedMissedGhostedStolenInvalid
6153.77113.45%000000

In Epoch 282 we are looking for 61 assigned slots which leads to 113.45% luck. Sounds good to me 😉

Lots of stuff to read and look at, hope you are well occupied with it. With the upcoming smart contract launch on the mainnet, we are in for some very exciting times. I’m really looking forward to it and I’m glad that everything is going according to plan so far (in case you missed it: you may rewatch Cardano360 – May 2021 Edition for the rollout plan and its different phases).

That’s all I have for you today. Talk to you soon! 🙂