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Epoch 341 Result<\/u>4ADA: 111% (29\/31)- 1 block not propagated within 2 seconds to the next slot leader who operates a single relay in Singapore...- 1 lost slot "battle" (they aren't really battles since winners of pools competing for the same slot are selected randomly by the protocol)F4ADA: 115% (7\/7)Rewards payment (from ep.340 result<\/u>)4ADA: 86% (22\/23)F4ADA: 82% (5\/5)Epoch 342 Outlook<\/u>4ADA: 130% \ud83c\udf89<\/b><\/i>F4ADA: 115% \ud83d\udcaa<\/b><\/i>This payout is rather unimpressive, but the next two are going to be great for both pools! \ud83d\ude01<\/b><\/i>Happy staking! \ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 342 Result<\/u>4ADA: 115% (30\/34)Decent rewards, despite no less than 4 failed blocks this epoch. In two cases, the next block was scheduled just 1 second later. Which sometimes is too short, depending on the propagation delays between relays. The picture at the top shows an example.Two other blocks were lost to other slot leaders with blocks scheduled at the exact same time. We statistically are supposed to win half of them, but this time the odds apparently were against us...F4ADA: 115% (7\/7)With less blocks scheduled there is less chance to miss any, but if it happens, the impact on rewards is greater.We have had the pleasure of welcoming quite a few new delegators these past few weeks, but I'd particularly like to highlight the arrival of a new major delegator, strengthening 4ADA with no less than 5.74M ADA! \ud83c\udf89<\/b><\/i> As always, please get in touch whenever you have any questions, feedback or input!Rewards payment (from ep.341 result<\/u>)4ADA: 111% (29\/31)F4ADA: 115% (7\/7)<\/div>\n\n
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Epoch 343 Expected rewards<\/u>4ADA: 102%F4ADA: 97%Happy staking! \ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 343 Result<\/u>4ADA: 98% (26\/27)Just a single orphaned block, well within the expected average.F4ADA: 97% (6\/6)Rewards payment (from ep.342 result<\/u>)4ADA: 115% (30\/34)F4ADA: 115% (7\/7)Epoch 344 Expected rewards<\/u>After the juicy rewards payment from ep.342, this is going to be a tough one especially for F4ADA:4ADA: 85% (27 blocks)F4ADA: 48% (3 blocks \ud83e\udd7a<\/b><\/i>)If you ask me, Cardano is shaping up to become the most attractive blockchain of 'em all! Question is when the Crypto market flood gates are opening up. Could be next month or could be next year \ud83d\ude02<\/b><\/i>Happy staking! \ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 344 Result<\/u>4ADA: 83% (24\/27)3 unfortunate blocks: 1 lost slot battle, 1 scheduled too tight (1 second after the preceding slot leader) and 1 block orphaned due to an unexplained, unusually long propagation delay)F4ADA: 48% (3\/3)Very low rewards, but next epoch will make up for it!Rewards payment (from ep.343 result<\/u>)4ADA: 98% (26\/27)F4ADA: 97% (6\/6)Epoch 345 Expected rewards<\/u>4ADA: 93% (29 blocks)F4ADA: 130% (8 blocks)Rough times for the average hodler. We're nevertheless holding up pretty good, better than bitcoin which is quite remarkable indeed!It'll probably get worse still, but it'll also get much, much better too, you'll see \ud83d\ude0c<\/b><\/i>Your staking rewards are the best way to dollar cost average! \ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 345 Result<\/u>4ADA: 83% (26\/29)F4ADA: 130% (8\/8)Again 3 orphaned blocks for 4ADA (1 due to propagation delay, 2 lost battles), but...Both 4ADA's and F4ADA's lifetime ROS are still within the top-100 best performing pools with at least 1000+ minted blocks!\ud83d\udcaa<\/b><\/i>(source: <\/b>pooltool.io<\/b><\/a>)<\/b>Rewards payment (from ep.344 result<\/u>)4ADA: 83% (24\/27)F4ADA: 48% (3\/3) - next payment will be 130%!Epoch 346 Expected rewards<\/u>4ADA: 73% \ud83d\ude11<\/b><\/i>F4ADA: 148% \ud83d\ude1b<\/b><\/i>As "exactly predicted" last epoch, the markets did get worse, but it looks like some relief could be on its way! \ud83d\ude0c<\/b><\/i>Keep stacking those lovelaces! Happy staking!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 346 Result<\/u>4ADA: 64% (20\/23) \ud83d\ude11<\/b><\/i>2 blocks that were minted 1 second before our blocks, were not propagated fast enough to our pool, causing our blocks to be orphaned. The 3rd orphaned block was just the occasionally statistically unavoidable lost slot battle.F4ADA: 148% (9\/9) \ud83e\udd73<\/b><\/i>Rewards payment (from ep.345 result<\/u>)4ADA: 83% (26\/29)F4ADA: 130% (8\/8)Epoch 347 Expected rewards<\/u>4ADA: 101%F4ADA: 83%After a few somewhat disappointing epochs, 4ADA is picking up the pace again with 101% rewards expectation. Despite only 83% expected rewards, F4ADA these days still has the upper hand in terms of luck though.Enjoy your weekend!\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 347 Result<\/u>4ADA: 98% (31\/32) just a single orphaned block can be considered a good result these days \u263a\ufe0f<\/b><\/i>F4ADA: 83% (5\/5) made the most of just 5 blocks! \ud83d\ude05<\/b><\/i>Rewards payment (from ep.346 result<\/u>)4ADA: 64% (20\/23) - pretty ugly, but my gut feeling says we're going to have a few great epochs ahead of us!F4ADA: 148% (9\/9) - buy yourself an extra beer!Epoch 348 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 104%F4ADA: 101%Our pools are doing great, it sometimes makes me wonder why we're so cheap. Oh yes I remember, must be because we're not constantly shilling ourselves on social media \ud83d\ude0f<\/b><\/i>. Though I do think it's time for another head to head comparison, so stay tuned!Happy staking!! \ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 348 Result<\/u>4ADA: 104% (33\/33)F4ADA: 101% (6\/6)It's been a while since we could successfully mint all of our assigned blocks, which has become less and less obvious since propagation times across the network often exceed 1 second or longer, making it harder to get new blocks forwarded in time.Rewards payment (from ep.347 result<\/u>)4ADA: 98% (31\/32)F4ADA: 83% (5\/5) - get someone else to buy you that extra beer \ud83d\ude09<\/b><\/i>Epoch 349 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 119% \ud83d\ude01<\/b><\/i>F4ADA: 16% \ud83d\ude31<\/b><\/i>F4ADA has its lowest block assignment it's ever had: just a single block, where it nominally should get 6 based on its active stake. But don't panic; if you are staking with F4ADA, know that you are receiving the top-25 highest lifetime ROS among all pools with at least 1,000 blocks (source: pooltool.io<\/a>)So, keep calm and carry on happy staking!! \ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 349 Result<\/u>4ADA: 116% (37\/38)F4ADA: 16% (1\/1)So, just a single orphan for 4ADA (taking a guess we'll hit the last block too, which actually is due in exactly 7 minutes from now), and as for F4ADA , well, at least we got the block so we're making the most of it!Rewards payment (from ep.348 result<\/u>)4ADA: 104% (33\/33)F4ADA: 101% (6\/6)Epoch 350 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 102%F4ADA: 129%It took a whole 18 months for F4ADA to get such low block assignment as we just did this past epoch. Let's assume it'll take at least another 18 before that happens again!\ud83d\ude05<\/b><\/i>Stake happily!\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 350 Result<\/u>4ADA: 99% (32\/33)F4ADA: 129% (8\/8)Good result, since minting 40 blocks out of 41 really isn't that obvious anymore, given the lengthening propagation delays!Rewards payment (from ep.349 result<\/u>)4ADA: 116% (37\/38)F4ADA: 16% (1\/1) - YUP, these low rewards may come as a shock, but overall F4ADA is still luckier than most other pools! And check out your next rewards: 129%!!\ud83d\ude01<\/b><\/i>Epoch 351 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 99%F4ADA: 67%Happy staking!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 35<\/u>1 Result<\/u>4ADA: 97% (31\/32) - last block result pendingF4ADA: 67% (4\/4)Rewards payment (from ep.3<\/u>50 result<\/u>)4ADA: 99% (32\/33)F4ADA: 129% (8\/8)Epoch 35<\/u>2 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 129%F4ADA: 84%Keeping it short and sweet during my holidays over the next couple weeks. Happy staking and greetings from France!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 352 Result<\/u>4ADA: 114% (37\/42) - with longer propagation times due to increased block sizes, 10%+ orphaned blocks is not exceptional, albeit a bit higher than usual.F4ADA: 84% (5\/5)Rewards payment (from ep.351 result)<\/u>4ADA: 97% (31\/32)F4ADA: 67% (4\/4)Epoch 353 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 119%F4ADA: 17% - F4ADA is slowly but surely paying the price for its exceptional luck in the past\u2014lifetime luck still higher than 4ADA at this point!Happy staking!!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 35<\/u>3 Result<\/u>4ADA: 116% (38\/39)F4ADA: 17% (1\/1)Rewards payment (from ep.35<\/u>2 result)<\/u>4ADA: 114%F4ADA: 84%Epoch 35<\/u>4 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 77%F4ADA: 67% - F4ADA is absolving an unlucky streak, can soon only get a lot better!Happy staking!!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 35<\/u>4 Result<\/u>4ADA: 73% (23\/25)F4ADA: 67% (4\/4)Rewards payment (from ep.35<\/u>3 result)<\/u>4ADA: 116%F4ADA: 17% - please note, this is the result of minting just the single block we were assigned for this epoch. Just as there\u2019s always sunshine after rain, there\u2019ll be very lucky epochs after this one as well!\ud83d\ude01<\/b><\/i>Epoch 35<\/u>5 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 92%F4ADA: 68%Happy staking!!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 355 Result<\/u>4ADA: 92% (30\/30)F4ADA: 68% (4\/4)All blocks successfully minted! \ud83e\udd73<\/b><\/i> However rewards are moderate due to less than average block allocation.Obviously we are happy with all new delegators big or small, but a special mention nevertheless goes out to our new 1.63M 4ADA delegator. Thanks for joining and making the rewards of all our delegators ever so slightly more attractive!!\ud83d\ude01<\/b><\/i>Rewards payment (from ep.354 result)<\/u>4ADA: 73% (23\/25)F4ADA: 67% (4\/4)Epoch 356 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 73%F4ADA: 151% \ud83e\udd29<\/b><\/i>!! told you good times were a-comingHappy staking!!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 356 Result<\/u>4ADA: 68% (21\/24)F4ADA: 151% (9\/9)Fantastic epoch for F4ADA, but not so great rewards for 4ADA, with 1 lost slot battle and 2 orphaned blocks due to block propagation > next scheduled block (1.5 second propagation delay is nothing out of the ordinary these days, so with the next block scheduled just a second later, occasionally blocks do get lost unfortunately).Rewards payment (from ep.355 result)<\/u>4ADA: 92% (30\/30)F4ADA: 68% (4\/4)Epoch 357 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 99%F4ADA: 84%Average rewards at best, but ADA price number go up!\ud83d\ude03<\/b><\/i>Happy staking!!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 357 Result<\/u>4ADA: 94% (32\/34) - 2 lost slot battles, sh*t happens\ud83d\ude15<\/b><\/i>(as you probably know, slot battles are aren't real battles but simply two pools scheduled to mint a block at the exact same time. The protocol randomly picks the winner, so one pool cannot be 'better' at winning the block than the other pool)F4ADA: 84% (5\/5)Rewards payment (from ep.356 result)<\/u>4ADA: 68% (21\/24) - unfortunate epoch with not many assigned blocks to begin with. sometimes blocks just get propagated too slowly to be picked up by the next pool in time, if there's only one second between scheduled blocks.F4ADA: 151% (9\/9) - \ud83e\udd29<\/b><\/i>Epoch 357 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 72% - pfff, as the Chemical Brothers would say it's about time for another one of those blockrocking beats!!F4ADA: 120% \ud83e\udd73<\/b><\/i>Happy staking!!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i>P.S. testing of the Vasil HF release candidate 1.35.3 is underway, we'll be upgrading within a few days and keep you informed!<\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Testing of the Vasil HF release candidate 1.35.3 has completed. We've upgraded all of our relays and block producing nodes on mainnet, and have been happily producing blocks with the new version over the past 48 hours!!!\ud83d\ude0e<\/b><\/i><\/b>Epoch 358 Result<\/u>4ADA: 64% (23\/25) - 2 lost slot battles, again...\ud83d\ude15<\/b><\/i>As you now know, slot battles aren't real battles but simply two pools scheduled to mint a block at the exact same time. The protocol randomly picks the winner, so one pool cannot be 'better' at winning the block than the other pool. As a matter of fact, we are winning half of them, but I am not counting them every epoch.F4ADA: 120% (7\/7)Rewards payment (from ep.357 result)<\/u>4ADA: 94% (32\/34)4ADA hasn't had great slot leadership allocations for quite some time now. I hope our recent new delegators are not getting discouraged too easily, hopefully our great lifetime performance inspires enough confidence to sit this through and look forward to some great results in a not too distant future! \u263a\ufe0f<\/b><\/i>F4ADA: 84% (5\/5)Yes it's a bit of a bumpy ride with F4ADA but the discerning delegator will have spotted F4ADA consistently gets ALL of its blocks, and next payment is going to be fantaastic yet again!Epoch 359 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 96% - pfff, average is all we're allowed to expect once again.F4ADA: 52% - did I just say a bumpy ride?..Happy staking, keep them ADA coming!!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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Epoch 359 Result<\/u>4ADA: 96% (34\/34) - 3 won slot battles!\ud83d\ude0f<\/b><\/i>F4ADA: 52% (3\/3)All assigned blocks minted!\ud83c\udf89<\/b><\/i>Rewards payment (from ep.358 result)<\/u>4ADA: 64% (23\/25)F4ADA: 120% (7\/7)Poor rewards payment for 4ADA Delegators, but we've got better performance coming up on the horizon!Epoch 360 max rewards<\/u>4ADA: 106% - finally some relief after several epochs with below average blocks assignedF4ADA: 121%Happy staking and keep cool!\ud83d\udcab<\/b><\/i>\u2600\ufe0f<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n\n\n \n
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