Overview
Cardanoscan Rewards is a free chart, titled Per Epoch Reward Distribution on Cardanoscan, that shows how much ADA the network pays out in staking rewards during each epoch1. An epoch is a fixed five-day period, and rewards are handed out once per epoch to people who delegate their ADA to a stake pool2. The chart draws those payouts as a single series over time, so stakers, researchers and writers can see the long-run pattern without digging through raw records.
The chart lives in the Analytics section of Cardanoscan, a Cardano block explorer (a search site for the public record of transactions and blocks)3. Cardanoscan is run by Strica, the company that also makes Typhon Wallet4. Strica built the reward chart as the first deliverable of its Cardanoscan Analytics Charts proposal. Project Catalyst, Cardano's community grant program, funded the proposal in its eleventh funding round, Fund 11, and lists it as complete5.
Key Features
- The reward trend in one picture. Cardanoscan Rewards plots the total staking rewards paid in each epoch as a single shaded area, with ADA amounts on the vertical axis and epoch numbers along the bottom1.
- A short explanation beside the graph. A description panel next to the chart states what it measures: the rewards distributed during each epoch, so a first-time visitor knows what the chart shows1.
- Context for the reward totals. Each epoch the protocol fills a reward pot from transaction fees plus a fixed slice of the reserve, a store of ADA set aside to pay future rewards. A share goes to the treasury, the on-chain fund that pays for Cardano development6, and the rewards paid out from the rest are what the chart plots1.
- Related charts in the same section. The same Cardanoscan Analytics section holds charts for daily transaction count and fees, fees per epoch, hourly average block size, and ADA pots, which show where the network's ADA sits3.
- Free to view and share. Strica's grant proposal states that the analytics charts are free for anyone to open, screenshot and share5.
What to Expect
You land on a Cardanoscan page with the chart on the right and a short description on the left1. A strip across the top shows the live epoch, the latest block and the ADA price, as on other Cardanoscan pages. There are no settings to learn: the page is a single read-only chart.
For stakers, the chart answers a big-picture question: how much ADA does the network pay out in staking rewards each epoch? It does not show your own earnings. To see what a specific wallet or pool has earned, use reward trackers. To estimate future earnings before you delegate, try reward calculators. If you are new to delegation, the guide on how to stake ADA covers the basics.
For researchers and writers, Cardanoscan Rewards gives a quick visual record of network payouts that pairs well with the fee and ADA pot charts. By design, the reserve's share of each epoch's rewards declines over time, and growing transaction fees are meant to make up the difference6. Rewards are generated by the protocol itself, not set by stake pool operators7.
