# BKV Pool

> BKV Pool (ticker BKV) is an independent Cardano stake pool run by Alex BKV since 2021. It charges a 0% margin plus the network minimum fixed cost of 170 ADA per epoch, runs a block producer and two relays in Finland and Poland, and its operator is an active Cardano DRep. The site also publishes simple English articles about Cardano, blockchain, privacy, decentralization and money.

## Pool facts

- Ticker: BKV
- Pool ID: pool19zhl50qqzpfvvhdytqg6qx0cthummjyunfyvkfqx9uxrsp7k8ek
- Pool ID (hex): 28affa3c001052c65da45811a019f85df9bdc89c9a48cb24062f0c38
- Margin: 0%
- Fixed cost: 170 ₳ per epoch
- Pledge: 22,678 ₳ (promised 20,000 ₳)
- Live stake: 150,175 ₳
- Delegators: 55
- Blocks produced: 165
- Data updated: 2026-10-23 07:33 UTC
- How to delegate: open any Cardano wallet (Eternl, Lace, Yoroi, Vespr), search for the ticker BKV, confirm. ADA never leaves the wallet; first rewards after about 15 to 20 days.
- DRep of the operator: Alex BKV, drep1yf2yd8jgdvmtm7jqmvvl0rmw7yprv5723y8h6tjnwfmcejq476nsl, https://cardanodrep.org/
- Explorers: https://cardanoscan.io/pool/pool19zhl50qqzpfvvhdytqg6qx0cthummjyunfyvkfqx9uxrsp7k8ek , https://adastat.net/pools/28affa3c001052c65da45811a019f85df9bdc89c9a48cb24062f0c38 , https://pooltool.io/pool/28affa3c001052c65da45811a019f85df9bdc89c9a48cb24062f0c38/epochs

## Pages

- [Home](https://bkvpool.com/index.md): pool stats, how to stake, infrastructure
- [About](https://bkvpool.com/about/index.md): who runs BKV and why
- [Full text of all articles](https://bkvpool.com/llms-full.txt)

## Cardano Explained

- [What Is a DRep? Cardano Voting, Simply Explained](https://bkvpool.com/blog/what-is-a-drep-cardano-voting-explained/index.md): Every ADA holder can now help decide how Cardano spends its money. Here is what a DRep is, how voting works, and how to choose one in two minutes.
- [Onboarding Cardano](https://bkvpool.com/blog/onboarding-cardano/index.md): New to Cardano? A step by step start: choose a wallet, buy your first ADA, stake it, and find the most useful Cardano tools and resources.
- [The Cardano Tokens Burn Address](https://bkvpool.com/blog/cardano-burn-address/index.md): Spam tokens and unwanted NFTs in your Cardano wallet? A burn address removes them for good. How it works, why it is safe, and when not to use it.
- [What is Cardano Staking?](https://bkvpool.com/blog/what-is-cardano-staking/index.md): How Cardano staking works in simple words: your ADA stays in your wallet, you choose a pool, and rewards arrive every five days. No lockup needed.
- [Displaying Total Tx and Pending Tx in gLiveView](https://bkvpool.com/blog/gliveview-total-pending-tx/index.md): A practical tip for Cardano stake pool operators: how to make gLiveView show the total and pending transaction counts of your node again.
- [The Future of Money: Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Explained](https://bkvpool.com/blog/future-of-money-crypto-blockchain/index.md): How cryptocurrency and blockchain work, explained simply, and why digital money that nobody controls could change how we pay, save and send money.

## All articles

- [What Is a DRep? Cardano Voting, Simply Explained](https://bkvpool.com/blog/what-is-a-drep-cardano-voting-explained/index.md) (2026-10-23): Every ADA holder can now help decide how Cardano spends its money. Here is what a DRep is, how voting works, and how to choose one in two minutes.
- [Is Blockchain Private? What Everyone Can See, and What They Cannot](https://bkvpool.com/blog/is-blockchain-private/index.md) (2026-10-23): Many people think crypto is anonymous. It is not. Here is what anyone can see on a blockchain, what stays hidden, and simple habits to protect your privacy.
- [Why Money Loses Value Over Time, and What Crypto Has to Do With It](https://bkvpool.com/blog/why-money-loses-value/index.md) (2026-10-23): Prices go up, and your savings buy less every year. Here is why inflation happens, how fast it eats your money, and what Bitcoin and Cardano do differently.
- [Learn Bitcoin, learn Cardano](https://bkvpool.com/blog/learn-bitcoin-learn-cardano/index.md) (2025-01-26): Why learning how Bitcoin works is the best first step to understanding Cardano, with a short reading tip for beginners in crypto.
- [Top 10 Headlines That Reveal Cardano's Potential in 2025](https://bkvpool.com/blog/top-10-cardano-potential-2025/index.md) (2024-11-24): Ten news stories from late 2024 that show where Cardano is heading: scaling, privacy, governance and real world use. A quick tour for ADA holders.
- [My First Vote as a Cardano DRep](https://bkvpool.com/blog/drep-voting-experience/index.md) (2024-11-05): I cast my first vote as a Cardano DRep. What the voting felt like, what a DRep is responsible for, and why your voting power matters.
- [Cardano will change finances just like email redefined communication](https://bkvpool.com/blog/cardano-email-finances/index.md) (2024-06-30): Email made sending a letter instant, cheap and global. Cardano can do the same for money. A simple look at why open finance matters for everyone.
- [Onboarding Cardano](https://bkvpool.com/blog/onboarding-cardano/index.md) (2024-04-03): New to Cardano? A step by step start: choose a wallet, buy your first ADA, stake it, and find the most useful Cardano tools and resources.
- [The Cardano Tokens Burn Address](https://bkvpool.com/blog/cardano-burn-address/index.md) (2024-03-18): Spam tokens and unwanted NFTs in your Cardano wallet? A burn address removes them for good. How it works, why it is safe, and when not to use it.
- [Celebrating a Milestone in ADA Burning: 20 Transactions!](https://bkvpool.com/blog/ada-burning-20-transactions/index.md) (2024-03-09): Our Cardano burn address reached 20 transactions. Here is what people burned, why they did it, and how burning spam tokens and NFTs works.
- [Addressing Recent Issues with Stats](https://bkvpool.com/blog/addressing-stats-issues/index.md) (2024-02-13): Our pool stats stopped showing on PoolTool for a while. The blocks were fine: a script on our side was broken. Here is what happened and how we fixed it.
- [What is Cardano Staking?](https://bkvpool.com/blog/what-is-cardano-staking/index.md) (2024-02-10): How Cardano staking works in simple words: your ADA stays in your wallet, you choose a pool, and rewards arrive every five days. No lockup needed.
- [Watchtower.Tools: On-the-Go Cardano Node Monitoring](https://bkvpool.com/blog/watchtower-tools-monitoring/index.md) (2024-01-29): Watchtower Tools lets stake pool operators watch their Cardano node from any phone or laptop. What it shows, how it works, and how to set it up.
- [Displaying Total Tx and Pending Tx in gLiveView](https://bkvpool.com/blog/gliveview-total-pending-tx/index.md) (2024-01-28): A practical tip for Cardano stake pool operators: how to make gLiveView show the total and pending transaction counts of your node again.
- [Welcome to BKV Pool](https://bkvpool.com/blog/welcome-to-bkv-pool/index.md) (2024-01-15): Welcome to BKV Pool: who we are, why we run a single independent Cardano stake pool with 0% margin, and how you can stake your ADA with us.
- [Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024 to All Cardanians](https://bkvpool.com/blog/christmas-2024-cardano/index.md) (2023-12-25): Our Christmas message to the Cardano community at the end of 2023: thank you to our delegators, and what we achieved together this year.
- [Final Round of BKV Token Airdrop (Dec 17)](https://bkvpool.com/blog/bkv-airdrop-final-round/index.md) (2023-12-13): The third and last round of the BKV token airdrop for our delegators, on 17 December 2023. Who could take part, and how the tokens were shared.
- [The Future of Money: Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Explained](https://bkvpool.com/blog/future-of-money-crypto-blockchain/index.md) (2023-12-10): How cryptocurrency and blockchain work, explained simply, and why digital money that nobody controls could change how we pay, save and send money.
- [Cardano's Price Leaps 67%: What You Need to Know](https://bkvpool.com/blog/cardano-price-leap-67/index.md) (2023-12-09): In December 2023 the ADA price jumped 67%. What was behind it, what it meant for stakers, and why price is not the whole story of Cardano.