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
Safe the Children	15
Stichting Hulphond Nederland	20
To be determined	–
Total	50