# BKV Pool: Cardano stake pool with 0% margin

BKV is a small, independent Cardano stake pool, running since 2021. 0% margin, two relays in two countries, and an active DRep. Stake your ADA with us.

## The pool today

- Ticker: BKV
- Pool ID: pool19zhl50qqzpfvvhdytqg6qx0cthummjyunfyvkfqx9uxrsp7k8ek
- Margin: 0%, fixed cost 170 ₳ per epoch
- Live stake: 150,175 ₳, delegators: 55
- Blocks produced: 165
- Updated: 2026-10-23 07:33 UTC

## How to stake your ADA with BKV

1. Open your Cardano wallet (Eternl, Lace, Yoroi, Vespr, or a hardware wallet through one of them).
2. Go to staking and search for the ticker BKV, or paste the pool ID above.
3. Confirm. The first time there is a 2 ADA deposit (you get it back when you stop staking) and a fee of about 0.2 ADA. First rewards arrive after about 15 to 20 days, then every 5 days.

## Infrastructure

- Block producer (Finland): Server Dedicated bare metal, CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 6 cores / 12 threads, Memory 64 GB RAM, Storage 1 TB NVMe, Network 1 Gbps, Node cardano-node 11.1.3
- Relay 1 (Finland): Server Dedicated bare metal, CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 6 cores / 12 threads, Memory 64 GB RAM, Storage 1 TB NVMe, Network 1 Gbps, Node cardano-node 11.1.3
- Relay 2 (Poland): Server Dedicated bare metal, CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 8 cores / 16 threads, Memory 32 GB RAM, Storage 1.5 TB NVMe, Network 1 Gbps, Node cardano-node 11.1.3

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