Transparancy
BKIND is configured with a pool cost of 400 ada per epoch and pool margin of 4%. This to cover the costs for running the Cardano stake pool BKIND and for making a profit to guarantee continuity of BKIND on the long run. The pool cost are put in a Treasury wallet for future investments. The costs for running the pool and for charity are paid from the pool earnings (pool margin). Below you find an overview of the investments done for the configuration of BKIND and of the operational costs (excluding working hours). Also the expenditures for charity are included in the overview.
Investments 2020
Item | Price (euro) |
HP Microservers | 4099 |
DrayTek Hardware Firewalls | 984 |
Netgear routers and switches | 229 |
Second fiber line realization | 1809 |
Total | 7121 |
The realization of the second fiber line is not depreciated (one time investment). The other hardware is depreciated in five years.
Monthly costs
Item | Costs per month (euro) |
Fiber connection 1 | 40 |
Fiber connection 2 | 40 |
Domainname, website and VPS | 45 |
Depreciation hardware | 89 |
Total | 214 |
Charity
Item | Expenditure per month (euro) |
Cordaid | 15 |
Save the Children | 15 |
Stichting Hulphond Nederland | 20 |
Dierenbescherming | 25 |
Stichting PTSS | 25 |
Total | 100 |