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Monitor_Stake_Pool_Operations

hungbv edited this page Sep 25, 2021 · 4 revisions

Monitor Stake Pool Operators

Preface

Issues

  • Stake Pool Operators(SPO) sometime update the Pool parameters
    • Fixed cost or Margin updated could reduce delegators benefit
  • Relay Node/Stake Pool may have a little downtime (no one could guarantee 100% uptime)
  • Pool Retirement without delegators noticing

Solutions

@PoolToolBot

Add this bot you telegram.

/start

VNA

Input you Ticker Pool . E.g: VNA into your watch list.

AdaPoolsOrg_bot

  1. You need to have Telegram account
  2. Connect AdaPoolsOrg_bot by https://t.me/AdaPoolsOrg_bot

  1. Send /start command to the bot

  1. AdaPoolsOrg_bot will send a unique link to update the notification setting

  1. You could add more pool the the watch-list

  1. Alerts will be triggered if watched-pool have updated anything or get new block

Advance monitoring

AdaPoolsOrg offers a alternative dashboard for SPO listed in this https://adapools.org/connected.

By using this dashboard, super-user delegators could audit the SPO at any time.

There is a sample of VNA Dashboard in https://adapools.org/connect/46c5f13364afc92963f6d0463ad2f3f5

Notes:

  • This alternative dashboard collects the basic metrics of cardano-node only
  • Better Dashboard Themes are not supported by adapools.org
  • Delightful Grafana dashboard may be available , however , it is limitted access to SPO only

Summary

  • Delegators should audit SPO regularly and make sure there is not change without noticing
  • Delegator Audit enforces SPO behaviors

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