Question 1

VEGAS Pool delegators only!

Accepted Answer

To qualify for a Free CNFT you must be a VEGAS Pool delegator!
 
If you aren't, please delegate to the VEGAS (ticker) Pool.
 
This should be done BEFORE the next Epoch boundary start. You will become eligible approximately 1hr after that next epoch start (midnight UTC will be safe)
 
If you need help, please contact us! See our Twitter or Telegram channel links in the header of this page.

Question 2

VEGAS Pool delegators only!

Accepted Answer

To qualify for a Free CNFT you must be a VEGAS Pool delegator!
 
If you aren't, please delegate to the VEGAS (ticker) Pool.
 
This should be done BEFORE the next Epoch boundary start. You will become eligible approximately 1hr after that next epoch start (midnight UTC will be safe)
 
If you need help, please contact us! See our Twitter or Telegram channel links in the header of this page.

Question 3

VEGAS Pool delegators only!

Accepted Answer

To qualify for a Free CNFT you must be a VEGAS Pool delegator!
 
If you aren't, please delegate to the VEGAS (ticker) Pool.
 
This should be done BEFORE the next Epoch boundary start. You will become eligible approximately 1hr after that next epoch start (midnight UTC will be safe)
 
If you need help, please contact us! See our Twitter or Telegram channel links in the header of this page.

Question 4

Who are we?

Accepted Answer

A professionally operated Cardano ADA Pool by a veteran I/T Solutions Architect with over 30+ years of experience in I/T.

Question 5

How do I get one?

Accepted Answer

The process is triggered by you, i.e. via a Pull request.
 
What is a pull request? You send a small payment to a wallet and an automated process returns you change and the CNFT.
 
A refund will be issued If you are not a delegator.
 
*Please read the Dust Q&A

Question 6

How do I get one?

Accepted Answer

The process is triggered by you, i.e. via a Pull request.
 
What is a pull request? You send a small payment to a wallet and an automated process returns you change and the CNFT.
 
A refund will be issued If you are not a delegator.
 
*Please read the Dust Q&A

Question 7

Where are we located?

Accepted Answer

The Pool is managed and operated on the South coast of England (near Portsmouth)

Question 8

How do I get one?

Accepted Answer

The process is triggered by you, i.e. via a Pull request.
 
What is a pull request? You send a small payment to a wallet and an automated process returns you change and the CNFT.
 
A refund will be issued If you are not a delegator.
 
*Please read the Dust Q&A

Question 9

Is this really Free?

Accepted Answer

This is as free as we can make it! Always be wary of free give-aways!
 
The Cardano chain requires Dust (see below) to be paid on every transaction.
 
Thus, your pull will require dust fees to be paid, i.e. on the payment to the promotion address, for the minting and for the payment back to you for the change and CNFT or the refund.
 
Overall, the total Dust fee for the entire process will cost you approximately 0.5 ADA.
 
We don't cover the Dust cost because otherwise we'd leak money quickly. Instead, we keep this to minimal cost so that we can provide this regular offer.
 
The chain costs have to be paid by someone and hence we kindly ask you to do so. After all, we believe the CNFT is more valuable than the Dust cost; i.e. go sell the CNFT for 1 ADA and you've x2 your investment!

Question 10

Is this really Free?

Accepted Answer

This is as free as we can make it! Always be wary of free give-aways!
 
The Cardano chain requires Dust (see below) to be paid on every transaction.
 
Thus, your pull will require dust fees to be paid, i.e. on the payment to the promotion address, for the minting and for the payment back to you for the change and CNFT or the refund.
 
Overall, the total Dust fee for the entire process will cost you approximately 0.5 ADA.
 
We don't cover the Dust cost because otherwise we'd leak money quickly. Instead, we keep this to minimal cost so that we can provide this regular offer.
 
The chain costs have to be paid by someone and hence we kindly ask you to do so. After all, we believe the CNFT is more valuable than the Dust cost; i.e. go sell the CNFT for 1 ADA and you've x2 your investment!

Question 11

Why VEGAS?

Accepted Answer

The Pool is operated as a partnership between myself and a business partner from Las Vegas!

Question 12

Is this really Free?

Accepted Answer

This is as free as we can make it! Always be wary of free give-aways!
 
The Cardano chain requires Dust (see below) to be paid on every transaction.
 
Thus, your pull will require dust fees to be paid, i.e. on the payment to the promotion address, for the minting and for the payment back to you for the change and CNFT or the refund.
 
Overall, the total Dust fee for the entire process will cost you approximately 0.5 ADA.
 
We don't cover the Dust cost because otherwise we'd leak money quickly. Instead, we keep this to minimal cost so that we can provide this regular offer.
 
The chain costs have to be paid by someone and hence we kindly ask you to do so. After all, we believe the CNFT is more valuable than the Dust cost; i.e. go sell the CNFT for 1 ADA and you've x2 your investment!

Question 13

What is Dust?

Accepted Answer

Dust is a small charge applied to every ADA Transaction. Whether sending (i.e. a payment), minting or triggering a smart contract (after Alonzo on 12th Sept '21).
 
The Dust fee is based on the size of the transaction being processed, thus it can fluctuate.
 
All official wallets calculate and show you the payment Dust fee before you provide your payment password. Go take a look. It is this that we need you to pay for, as well as the dust for during the minting process (on our servers) as well as the return payment with the CNFT + Change or Refund.

Question 14

What is Dust?

Accepted Answer

Dust is a small charge applied to every ADA Transaction. Whether sending (i.e. a payment), minting or triggering a smart contract (after Alonzo on 12th Sept '21).
 
The Dust fee is based on the size of the transaction being processed, thus it can fluctuate.
 
All official wallets calculate and show you the payment Dust fee before you provide your payment password. Go take a look. It is this that we need you to pay for, as well as the dust for during the minting process (on our servers) as well as the return payment with the CNFT + Change or Refund.

Question 15

What is Dust?

Accepted Answer

Dust is a small charge applied to every ADA Transaction. Whether sending (i.e. a payment), minting or triggering a smart contract (after Alonzo on 12th Sept '21).
 
The Dust fee is based on the size of the transaction being processed, thus it can fluctuate.
 
All official wallets calculate and show you the payment Dust fee before you provide your payment password. Go take a look. It is this that we need you to pay for, as well as the dust for during the minting process (on our servers) as well as the return payment with the CNFT + Change or Refund.

Question 16

What type of operation do we manage the pool from?

Accepted Answer

The Pool is operated on Bare Metal (dedicated) servers hosted from a home office environment, maintaining the ideology of true decentralisation of the blockchain; i.e. avoiding the simple and easy cloud hosting option, owned and managed by large corporations, where many pools exist today. This ensures avoidance of any third party interference, assurance that a large scale outage would not affect our operation and maximisation of profit by reducing overall costs (i.e. we bought our hardware up front rather than paying a monthly fee).
 
We have long term aspirations to migrate into a private hosting provider when the level of your delegation reaches sufficient saturations!

Question 17

How long does a pull take?

Accepted Answer

The process is automated, using IOHK's excellent software. However, this process is running on a home office network, thus its not fully resilient, it is adequate for this process but I can't promise a 100% up time; it's a best can do service for now.
 
You should receive the CNFT within minutes (2 to 3 on average)
 
This again is subject to any existing queues if it happens to stop or becomes popular.
 
If you have ANY concerns, please contact us.

Question 18

How long does a pull take?

Accepted Answer

The process is automated, using IOHK's excellent software. However, this process is running on a home office network, thus its not fully resilient, it is adequate for this process but I can't promise a 100% up time; it's a best can do service for now.
 
You should receive the CNFT within minutes (2 to 3 on average)
 
This again is subject to any existing queues if it happens to stop or becomes popular.
 
If you have ANY concerns, please contact us.

Question 19

What is an ADA Pool?

Accepted Answer

An ADA Pool is a crucial component of the Cardano Blockchain. It interacts cooperately with other pools around the world, ensuring user transactions are validated and written to the public account ledger.

Question 20

How long does a pull take?

Accepted Answer

The process is automated, using IOHK's excellent software. However, this process is running on a home office network, thus its not fully resilient, it is adequate for this process but I can't promise a 100% up time; it's a best can do service for now.
 
You should receive the CNFT within minutes (2 to 3 on average)
 
This again is subject to any existing queues if it happens to stop or becomes popular.
 
If you have ANY concerns, please contact us.

Question 21

How rare will these be?

Accepted Answer

Great question!
 
The rarity of these will be subject to how many are pulled by delegators! i.e. you are not limited to one!
 
Alas, the more you take, the less rare they will be.

Question 22

What is ADA?

Accepted Answer

ADA is the first class citizen of the Cardano blockchain. It represents a monetary value that can be exchanged for goods, services or other financial denominations; such as £, $, Euro, Yen.

Question 23

How rare will these be?

Accepted Answer

Great question!
 
The rarity of these will be subject to how many are pulled by delegators! i.e. you are not limited to one!
 
Alas, the more you take, the less rare they will be.

Question 24

How rare will these be?

Accepted Answer

Great question!
 
The rarity of these will be subject to how many are pulled by delegators! i.e. you are not limited to one!
 
Alas, the more you take, the less rare they will be.

Question 25

How long will the offer run?

Accepted Answer

For now, we intend on providing a new CNFT every month!
 
They shall start at 00:01 of the first day of the month and stop at 00:00 at the end of the month.
 
Given we've just started this process, the timing might not be exact for the first couple of pieces.

Question 26

How long will the offer run?

Accepted Answer

For now, we intend on providing a new CNFT every month!
 
They shall start at 00:01 of the first day of the month and stop at 00:00 at the end of the month.
 
Given we've just started this process, the timing might not be exact for the first couple of pieces.

Question 27

How long will the offer run?

Accepted Answer

For now, we intend on providing a new CNFT every month!
 
They shall start at 00:01 of the first day of the month and stop at 00:00 at the end of the month.
 
Given we've just started this process, the timing might not be exact for the first couple of pieces.

Question 28

What is Cardano?

Accepted Answer

Cardano is the nexus of five principles: People, purpose, technology, research, and opportunity; as detailed here.

Question 29

Why are we doing this?

Accepted Answer

(1) We want to reward you for your loyalty
(2) We LOVE the idea that if you sell any of these, you can increase your 5% rewards
(3) It's good for us in terms of advertising!! Vegas Pool and JES Art
(4) We therefore hope (3) will bring us more delegation

Question 30

Why are we doing this?

Accepted Answer

(1) We want to reward you for your loyalty
(2) We LOVE the idea that if you sell any of these, you can increase your 5% rewards
(3) It's good for us in terms of advertising!! Vegas Pool and JES Art
(4) We therefore hope (3) will bring us more delegation

Question 31

Why are we doing this?

Accepted Answer

(1) We want to reward you for your loyalty
(2) We LOVE the idea that if you sell any of these, you can increase your 5% rewards
(3) It's good for us in terms of advertising!! Vegas Pool and JES Art
(4) We therefore hope (3) will bring us more delegation