Operating a stake pool
Welcome to the stake pool operations section!
Here, you will find explanations about stake pools, operators, and owners, along with core concepts such as node connectivity, keys, operational certificates, metadata management, performance, and ranking.
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To get started with stake pool operations, refer to:
Useful resources
| Node details | Release notes, compatibility matrix, Cardano node repository, Cardano node video course (includes SPO explainers). |
| Testnets | Cardano testnet environments, testnets faucet. |
| Tools | Cardano ecosystem tools, community-built developer tools. |
| Explorers | AdaStat, Adatools, Cardanoscan, Cexplorer, Cardano Assets, Pool.pm, ADAtainment, Cardano PoolTool. |
| SPO alliances | Guild Operators: a group of well-known and experienced community members that provides information about guild tools that simplify various stake operations, Cardano Single Pool Alliance (SPA): a group of separate SPOs who have vowed to run a single stake pool for the sole purpose of providing the Cardano ecosystem with true decentralization, xSPO Alliance: a group of small SPOs that joined with a total live stake of less than one million ada each. |
| Communication channels | SPO Telegram announcements channel, IOG Technical Community Discord, support. |