Glossary · Consensus
Staking rewards.
Ada paid out to delegators and pool operators for producing blocks.
In depth
A small share of new ada plus a fraction of transaction fees is paid out each epoch to active stake pools, then distributed proportionally to their delegators. Rewards accumulate in the reward account of the stake key and are withdrawn as part of a normal transaction. Since the Plomin hard fork (January 2025), a key-based stake credential can only withdraw once it has delegated its vote to a DRep or to one of the predefined options (Abstain or No Confidence).
Example
Delegating 1,000 ada to a healthy pool yields roughly 20 to 30 ada in rewards per year at current rates, paid out each epoch.