# JUNO > JUNO is a professionally operated Cardano stake pool built on redundant infrastructure, continuous monitoring, and transparent, independently verifiable economics. ## Pool identity - Ticker: JUNO - Pool ID: pool1we0xjccr3vc4ypnmhzsgwp7sxpsytu8dtv0syeqmtrllvcex68q - Pledge: [PLACEHOLDER] ADA - Fixed fee: 170 ADA / epoch - Margin: 0% ## Relay health (independent, third-party) - [Cardano Relay Health Ranking](https://hfot.github.io/cardano-relay-health): grade S, 100/100, rank #31 of 1277 minting+probed pools, observed 2026-09-09. One of only 35 pools with a perfect score at that time. This is a live, continuously-updated third-party ranking — re-verify at the source rather than treating this line as current beyond its observed date. ## Infrastructure - Topology: Block producer always hidden — Block producer never exposes its public IP; Relays are the only network-facing nodes, JUNO Relays are addressable over IPv4 and IPv6. - Relay locations: Finland · France · The Netherlands — Geographically and provider-diverse, so no single outage takes JUNO offline. - Architecture: Hybrid — JUNO runs on a Hybrid architecture, Hosted & Self-Hosted, Bare Metal · BP - 3 Relays · VPS - 1 Relay. - Block producer hardware: Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6 cores / 64 GB RAM / NVMe 500 GB / Network speed 1 Gbps — Provisioned above minimum recommended cardano-node requirements, with headroom for peak load. - Monitoring: 24/7 automated alerting — Missed slots, sync drift, disk, memory and peer health tracked continuously — this is how JUNO operates. - Security is key: Air-gapped signing, cold keys offline — KES key rotation on schedule; operational certificate renewed before every expiry with margin to spare. - Latest Node version: Tracked within days of official releases — Upgrades tested on a staging relay before touching production. - Mithril Signer: JUNO is a Mithril Signer — Mithril Signer lets a stake pool operator contribute their stake weight to producing Mithril's multi-signature certificates, which let anyone — including their delegators — quickly bootstrap a fully-synced, trustworthy Cardano node from a compact cryptographic snapshot instead of a lengthy full chain sync. ## Frequently asked questions - [Is my ADA safe if I delegate to JUNO?](https://junostakepool.com/#faq): Yes. Delegating never moves, locks, or hands over custody of your ADA — you delegate the stake, not the coins themselves. Your funds stay in your own wallet, under your own keys, the entire time. JUNO (or any pool) never has the ability to spend, freeze, or touch your balance. You can switch pools or stop delegating whenever you like, with no penalty and no unbonding period. - [What does JUNO charge, and how is that decided?](https://junostakepool.com/#faq): Every pool sets a margin (a percentage of the rewards it earns) plus the small fixed per-epoch fee set by the network. JUNO's current margin, fixed fee, and pledge are published in the Pool Economics panel above and mirrored on-chain — you can verify every figure independently on PoolTool, Cexplorer, or AdaStat before you delegate, and again after. - [When do rewards start arriving, and how often?](https://junostakepool.com/#faq): After you delegate, there's a short activation window before your stake starts earning — typically your first reward lands roughly 15–20 days later, timed to Cardano's 5-day epochs. From then on, rewards are calculated automatically every epoch and paid directly to your wallet (or restaked, depending on your wallet's settings) — no claiming, no manual steps. - [Can I move my stake or stop delegating at any time?](https://junostakepool.com/#faq): Always. There's no lock-up, no cooldown, and no penalty for switching pools or withdrawing your delegation. The only cost is the standard network transaction fee for the redelegation itself. If JUNO's performance or parameters ever stop making sense for you, moving takes one transaction. - [What is pledge, and why does JUNO's pledge matter?](https://junostakepool.com/#faq): Pledge is ADA the pool operator commits from their own wallet, JUNO was for a long time with a large pledge but this was removed since skin in the game had no effects on rewards. The operator of JUNO is run by a single stakepool operator committed for the long run rather than running a pool as a side experiment. - [How is JUNO's uptime and block production actually monitored?](https://junostakepool.com/#faq): We call this discipline the Watch: relay nodes distributed across different countries and providers, redundant block-producing infrastructure, and automated alerting on missed slots, sync drift, and hardware health — checked continuously, not spot-checked. Every block JUNO mints is public and independently verifiable on any Cardano explorer. You don't have to take our word for the relay side either: Cardano Relay Health Ranking, an independent third-party tool neither we nor any operator controls, currently scores JUNO S — 100/100, one of only a small handful of pools with a perfect score. See the Relay Health section above for the live link and the full breakdown. ## Roadmap - 07.29.2026 — Six year anniversary: JUNO is six years operational on Cardano Mainnet, this is the stake pool operators commitment - 01.11.2023 — 20M ADA in delegation award: Delegation reaches its peak 23.72M ADA - 08.30.2020 — 1M ADA in delegation award: Delegation passes 1M ADA delegation straight to 2.94M ADA - 08.20.2020 — First block minted: JUNO mints its first block on mainnet — publicly verifiable the moment it lands. - 07.29.2020 — Relay network deployed: Geographically distributed relay nodes go live across independent providers and regions, giving the block producer redundant, monitored paths onto the network. Finland - 1, France - 1 and The Netherlands - 2 - 07.29.2020 — Pool registered on-chain: JUNO's pool certificate, VRF and cold keys are generated and registered on Cardano mainnet. ## Verify independently - [Delegate](https://junostakepool.com/#delegate) - [Pool economics](https://junostakepool.com/#economics)