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<div data-id="158728" data-title=" Rabbitholepools [RABIT]" data-slug="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/06/19/cardano-column-rabbitholepools-rabit/">This week&rsquo;s guest on the Cardano SPO Column is a stake pool operated by Stef from Italy who&rsquo;s working on a traceability solution: <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://cexplorer.io/pool/pool1n7s5kpymwd0zsld8q23tpf7z5esjaqwmnnzzssee5630zpx5ww0">Rabbitholepools [RABIT]</a>.<a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/06/12/cardano-spo-column-mermaids/">Last week&rsquo;s guest</a> was a stake pool implementing environmental action and education and contributing to the improvement of our earth&rsquo;s ecosystem.This initiative is a point of reference for everything Cardano and every week or two we will invite a Stake Pool Operator (SPO) to answer some questions and give us an update directly from within the Cardano community.Considering that many of our readers are new to the crypto space, we will have a mix of simple and technical questions.<h2>Cardano SPO, interview with Rabbitholepools [RABIT]</h2><figure id="attachment_158729" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-158729"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-1024x341.jpg.webp 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-300x100.jpg.webp 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-800x267.jpg.webp 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-450x150.jpg.webp 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-195x65.jpg.webp 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-96x32.jpg.webp 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1.jpg.webp 1500w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></source><img loading="lazy" src="https://cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-1024x341.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="341" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-300x100.jpg 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-768x256.jpg 768w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-450x150.jpg 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-195x65.jpg 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1-96x32.jpg 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_InternaSPO-1.jpg 1500w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">Cardano SPO [RABIT] is working on a traceability solution</figure><h3>Hi, thanks for your time. Please introduce yourself, where are you based and what is your background?</h3>Hi, I&rsquo;m Stef, owner and operator of RABIT. I am Italian of origin and currently live in northern Italy after nearly 17 years in Australia.&nbsp;I have a PhD in Marine Biology and have worked in a University for many years, most recently as a eResearch Analyst and Data Scientist. I like the outdoors, bicycles and Cardano!<h3>What&rsquo;s the path that led you to Cardano and to become a Stake Pool Operator (SPO)?</h3>I came in contact with Cardano over a couple of years ago, as an investor. The superior ethos and technology of Cardano, and IOG&rsquo;s approach to peer-reviewed coding convinced me to participate more actively in the Ecosystem.&nbsp;So, after doing more research into the project, I became an SPO with <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://rabbitholepools.io/">RABIT</a> in November 2020. The journey as an SPO is an ever-evolving one and I have been fortunate to meet many like-minded people in groups like Freeloaderz, xSPO, CSPA and The Cardano Army.<h3>You&rsquo;re part of the ZiberBugs ISPO. For people new to Cardano, can you explain what an Initial Stake Pool Offering is? And in your case, how does it relate to the ZiberBugs NFT project?</h3>Cardano is a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain and its cryptocurrency is ADA. Holders of ADA have a stake in the Cardano Ecosystem and delegate their stake to Stake Pools. In doing so, delegators maintain full control over their funds and have no lock-in period. In Cardano&rsquo;s PoS, delegators receive incentives in ADA, as their stake secures the network.Thanks to Cardano&rsquo;s PoS system, a new model for project fundraising and token release has been possible: the Initial Stake Pool Offering (ISPO). In an ISPO, a project can elect a number of participating pools, to distribute its tokens as rewards to delegators (on top of the ADA rewards they already receive). One example of ISPO is the collaboration between Ziberbugs and xSPO.In this ISPO, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://ziberbugs.io/">Ziberbugs</a> took an innovative approach, and chose to partner with the <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://xspo-alliance.org/">xSPO Alliance</a> which is a group of extra-small stake pools, operated by people who have vowed to only ever run one stake pool in the interest of decentralization. RABIT is one of the 63 xSPO pools chosen to distribute Ziber Tokens to their delegators. This means that people who are delegating their stake to RABIT (or any of the other 62 pools) will be able to claim Ziber as well as their ADA rewards. Claiming can be done through the <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://vm.adaseal.eu/">Adaseal Vending Machine</a> and Ziber Tokens will act as the in-game currency for Ziberbugs.<h3>You&rsquo;re also building &ldquo;Trace &ndash; Product Tracing on Cardano&rdquo;. Please tell us more, what problems does it solve and how&rsquo;s the development going?</h3><a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CardanoTrace">TRACE</a> is a Web3 platform for Product Tracing built on Cardano. This project is being developed in collaboration with <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://harmonicpool.on.fleek.co/">ARMN</a> and was financed in May 2022 during Fund 8 of Project Catalyst (the innovation treasury of Cardano). A big thank you to the Cardano Community!Product Tracing can help producers and consumers alike, by protecting against counterfeiting, making recalls cheaper and easier, as well as creating trust between producers and their clients. Research shows that customers find value in Product Tracing, but commonly used systems are complicated and expensive to adopt.Blockchains are very suitable for this type of application and that&rsquo;s why TRACE is being built on the Cardano Blockchain. Our clients will have access to a Web3 interface, which allows creation of story-telling data about their products. NFTs minted by the platform will be used by producers to confirm their identity and enter data about their products, acting as a quality seal. TRACE will be affordable and intuitive, and bring Traceability on blockchain at everyone&rsquo;s fingertips. The interface has recently seen its first transaction sent successfully to testnet and targets for development in the proposed time frame are being met! Stay tuned for more information!<h3>Awesome. Any closing thoughts? Where can people stay in touch?</h3>I wish to thank you for the opportunity to reach out to your audience. The best way to keep in touch with us is via our Twitter accounts: <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/rabbitholepools">RABIT</a>, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/MicheleHarmonic">ARMN</a>, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CardanoTrace">TRACE</a>.Disclaimer: The opinions and views of the SPOs are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Cardano Foundation or IOG.</div>Source: https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/06/19/cardano-column-rabbitholepools-rabit/

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<div data-id="146180" data-title=" Stoic Pool [STOIC]" data-slug="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/02/26/cardano-spo-column-stoic-pool-stoic/">This week&rsquo;s guest on the Cardano SPO Column is a stake pool created in the UK to help contribute to the decentralization of the network: Stoic Pool [STOIC].Last week&rsquo;s guest was a stake pool that is 100% powered by solar and donates 25% of fixed fee to American Forests.This initiative is a point of reference for everything Cardano and every week or two we will invite a Stake Pool Operator (SPO) to answer some questions and give us an update directly from within the Cardano community.Considering that many of our readers are new to the crypto space, we will have a mix of simple and technical questions.<h2>Cardano SPO, interview with Stoic Pool [STOIC]</h2><figure id="attachment_146181" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-146181"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-1024x473.jpg.webp 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-300x139.jpg.webp 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-757x350.jpg.webp 757w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-450x208.jpg.webp 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-195x90.jpg.webp 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-96x44.jpg.webp 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2.jpg.webp 1049w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></source><img loading="lazy" src="https://cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-1024x473.jpg" alt="Cardano SPO" width="1024" height="473" srcset="https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-300x139.jpg 300w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-768x355.jpg 768w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-757x350.jpg 757w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-450x208.jpg 450w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-195x90.jpg 195w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2-96x44.jpg 96w, https://en.cryptonomist.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_Interna-2.jpg 1049w" sizes=" 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">Cardano SPO [STOIC] runs a eco-friendly and bare metal stake pool</figure><h3>Hi, thanks for your time. Tell us something about you, where are you based and what is your background?</h3>Hey, I&rsquo;m Rhys, I&rsquo;m a personal trainer and gymnast based in London. I am involved in a few projects in Cardano and I have a YouTube channel. I believe in building and contributing to the ecosystem rather than trading crypto, which has led me deep down the rabbit hole into some pretty interesting groups of people.<h3>Please give a detailed overview of your stake pool, how does it stand out and what does the future hold?&nbsp;</h3>STOIC is eco-friendly and bare metal, meaning I don&rsquo;t use shared infrastructure, I own the physical servers that run the nodes. When I started the pool I used cloud servers but last summer I decided to change when I discovered the Armada Alliance.Now I have a water cooled RaspberryPi stake pool. It&rsquo;s quite unusual to water cool Pi&rsquo;s but as they run 24/7 and are generally pretty hot, I thought it would be a fun project to do. So my nodes run at ~22&deg;C and I even water cool the SSDs.The 4 nodes and water cooling system (fans &amp; pump) all run off about 45W meaning I can power them off solar panels even in the UK!&nbsp;We also have redundancy measures for power, internet and even more Pis. Redundancy is obviously a very important factor in running bare metal servers. I made a video of the build and talked about the challenges, performance and more on my channel.<h3>You&rsquo;re part of the Plutus Pioneer Program, what is it? And can you describe the advantages of this programming language?</h3>The Plutus Pioneer Program is a course IOG have run to teach people the smart contract language on Cardano, Plutus.Plutus is essentially Haskell, a functional programming language. There is a bit of a learning curve there but it results in very reliable smart contracts.It&rsquo;s not very straightforward to learn Plutus, especially if you are unfamiliar with Haskell. But if you can put the time in to learn the language well, Cardano&rsquo;s smart contracts can be very flexible and powerful.&nbsp;<h3>Besides running the stake pool, are you working on any other projects? Tell us more</h3>Yes I find myself getting involved with more and more projects recently.The main one is StakingDAO, which is an auto-staking platform that enables users to delegate to Groups of stake pools rather than one. The DAO basically balances stake across the network in a &lsquo;set-and-forget&rsquo; way for the users.I also have another project called NFTPass which is an NFT ticketing solution. We have a patent pending and we have a really cool and unique way to enable verification of NFTs without transactions or having to wait for blocks, meaning it becomes a lot more user friendly and faster.Other than that I am the SPO representative for the Catalyst Circle v3 and am one of the SPOs involved in the FreeLoaderz.io project and a contributor to the ADAO project too.<h3>Awesome. Any final thoughts? Where can people stay in touch?</h3>You can reach out to me on <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/StoicPool">Twitter</a> and check out my YouTube channel if you want to see my node build, learn Plutus and find out more about StakingDAO.Don&rsquo;t forget to vote for the StakingDAO Proposals in Catalyst Fund 8.And of course, delegate to STOIC Pool!Disclaimer: The opinions and views of the SPOs are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Cardano Foundation or IOHK.</div>Source: https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/02/26/cardano-spo-column-stoic-pool-stoic/

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