Participating in the Cardano protocol incurs far less computational costs than participating in Bitcoin. Nevertheless, having slot leaders online when it is their turn to create a block or to participate in the election process is important for both the security and efficiency of the protocol. Thus it is our goal to keep our server on-line 24/7/365 with backup (if possible!)  in case of downtime. There will be a link here with available statistics.

While Ouroboros is cheaper to run than a proof of work protocol, running Ouroboros still incurs some costs: electricity, network connectivity, equipment depreciation.etc.

Therefore, stake pools are rewarded for running the protocol in the form of incentives that come from the transaction fees and from inflation of the circulating supply of ada.

Fees will be 250  ADA ($1) per Epoch to cover costs and a small margin of 5.95% 

How Staking Works

 https://staking.cardano.org/faq/#howstakingworks 

What is Cardano?  https://www.cardano.org/en/what-is-cardano/ 

What is Daedalus? https://iohk.io/projects/daedalus/

 Design Specification for Delegation and Incentives in Cardano 

 https://www.adatainment.com/_downloads/docs/delegation_design_spec.pdf

About how much is the staking reward?

 https://antipalos.github.io/cardano-calculator/#calculator

Cardano Forum https://forum.cardano.org/

Cardano Telegraph https://t.me/CardanoGeneral

 What are keyes? https://medium.com/@tronblack/ravencoin-seeds-of-freedom-a3a3ff0fa1  

The Cardano Effect  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdsCDVHKVIuTlziDW7Wg3NQ 

  Daedalus is a full node, meaning you must download the entire blockchain to use it. It's developed by IOHK, the blockchain research and development company behind Cardano. It is very safe. Only you control your keyes.

 With Daedalus you can create paper wallets. In my opinion this is probably best option for security until Ledger Wallet becomes available. Print the pdf Verify the key, and place a copy of the PDF in your Safe Deposit box. (And maybe another in your other SDB ;) )

LedgerHQ just recently announced support for cryptography required for Cardano. Now there is a dedicated team of people working on Ledger support for Yoroi and then Daedalus. We were already preparing for the support, but it was impossible to finish without this cryptography on Ledger side. Now it's in further progress.

 Yoroi is a light wallet for Cardano. It’s simple, fast and secure. You can stake right from Yoroi. As a Chrome plugin, Yoroi looks to be a day to day wallet for a Cardano user. 

Innovative and  Fast! Yoroi is a light wallet for Cardano. There is no need to download the blockchain when you open the wallet. So you are ready to send and receive transactions right away. 

 Secure with High-quality code, thoroughly tested, security audited and more to make sure that Yoroi works flawlessly. Private keys are encrypted and never shared with Yoroi servers or third party providers. 

You will soon be able to recreate paper wallets and stake from Yoroi. You can also use Yoroi with Trezor