In my previous article, I examine the current top ten delegates forging for Ark. Check out my previous article here to see my evaluate: Arkpool, Bioly, Sharkpool, Yin, Jarunik, Dutch Delegate, biz_classic, and Dr10. In this article I will be evaluating some more. Here is some important information about delegates and the voting system.

TBW = True Block Weight, TBW is when the delegate tracks the voters and the amount of Ark they had for each forged blocks in order to prevent voters with big wallets swooping in at the last minute before payout in order to get a big payday.

Private Delegates: A lot of people who don’t research delegates before voting end up voting for a private delegate. Some are delegates who are never open, temporarily closed, or on a waitlist. You can still vote for them, but you won’t be paid any rewards.

TX fees = Transfer fees. This can be an important point for delegates. TX fees are fees that occur when Ark is sent across the network. So when delegates pay you out a share of their profits, a .1 ark fee is applied. Some delegates cover it and some don’t.

Based on a recommendation by /u/shtand, I will be leaving out the daily estimated earnings, because it may influence new voters more than it should. You should be, at least in my opinion, be voting based off more than just profit, but for the delegate who best helps the community. To calculate your profit, you can use some calculators here.

chris:

Pool reward sharing — 85%

Rewards paid randomly based on vote weight, no minimum

Covers transfer fees

Chris is an extremely active developer in the Ark ecosystem. His completed projects include the Ark.net client, tutorials on GitHub wiki, Ark-Go-Lang and, Ark-Go Pool Server. He also has some ongoing projects in progress, with more in line. You can see all of his projects on his forum proposal.

Website: http://www.arkdelegate.com/

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/322/

goose:

Pool reward sharing — 92%

Rewards paid daily with no minimum(1 day fidelity period to avoid pool hoppers)

Covers transfer fees

Will reimburse voting fee for under 10k wallets(message him on forum)

Goose is a relatively new delegate that has been picking up some speed in the last few months. May be good for some small wallets who can’t afford the voting fee or would like daily payouts.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/408/

ravelou:

Pool reward sharing — 100%

Rewards paid every Monday with no minimum

Does not cover transfer fees

VOTERS UNDER 150 ARK WILL NOT BE REWARDED

Ravelou is a delegate who rewards the larger wallets the most. May not be a great selection for new voters but big voters may be rewarded more under this wallet than others if they decide to change.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/241/

criptodogg:

Pool reward sharing — 96%

Rewards paid daily with a min payout of .05 Ark(6 hour grace period)

Covers transfer fees

Website and TBW coming soon

Criptodogg is a very active delegate that has seemingly been making strides as he can on advancing his website. Suitable for voters over 200 ARK.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/394/

calidelegate:

Pool reward sharing — 95%

Rewards paid weekly on Sunday with a minimum of .5 Ark

Covers transfer fees

Uses TBW

Calidelegate is a group of four IT professionals with big plans for the future in terms of the Ark ecosystem and their role in being a delegate. Their current project is allowing voters to view prior payouts, and creating a more accurate calculator for their voters. Not only that, but they would like to automate more of their system, allowing for compounding interest, and voters being able to decide when they get paid.

Website: http://arkcalidelegate.io/

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/420/

thefoundry:

Pool reward sharing — 94%

Rewards paid daily with a minimum of .5 Ark

Does not cover transfer fees

The Foundry has a very cool project going on with 2% of the funds being put into a wallet used to provide new members of the Ark ecosystem 5 free ark if they are willing to prove they are new and are willing to buy 25 ark. This allows for 50 new members monthly being able to redeem 5 Ark, and I like the idea.

Website: http://thefoundry.world-domination.org/blog/

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/501/

Del:

Pool reward sharing — 95%

Rewards paid on Sunday, but daily after tx fees drop

Covers transfer fees

Grace period of 48 hours, than 100% for two months, 95% for two, and 90% after

Del is a very active delegate on /r/ArkEcosystem and /r/ArkDelegates. He’s very committed to being a great delegate to everyone who votes for him. He prefers wallets above 100 Ark, and limits the max at 15,000, but you can message him if you want to commit more. He also is working on a website where voters can manage their payout frequency.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/415/

Toad:

Pool reward sharing — 95%

Minimum voting weight is 50k Ark

Not much is known about the pool, only wants a few voters in order to complete their pool.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/355/

Quarkpool:

Pool reward sharing — 90%

Rewards paid daily with a minimum of 1 Ark

Covers transfer fees?

Quarkpool or olejegcord is an experienced developer that creates web-interfaces. Currently he and his friend ShineKami/arkpool are creating a game called BALLWARS on the Ark network with aspects of other games such as agario and tanks. They are hoping this will draw more media and public attention the the Ark project.

Website: https://quarkpool.pro/

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/321/

Wes:

Pool reward sharing — 95%

Rewards paid every Monday

Does not cover transfer fees

Wes is a developer and is currently promising his 5% to use for his platform/app built in the Ark Ecosystem. He also has a backup project in order to not waste his personal 5%. A very smart delegate that could be very beneficial to the community.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/165/

Ghostfaceuk:

Pool reward sharing — 85%

Rewards paid weekly

Covers transfer fees

Uses TBW

Ghostfaceuk is a very experienced and reliable delegate who has been running for close to a year at the time of the writing. Great delegate for voters who wants a highly reviewed and reliable delegate to vote for.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/149/

Arkworld(reConNico)

Pool reward sharing — 90%

Rewards paid every Sunday with no minimum

Covers transfer fees

Reconnico was an old delegate that was hacked and lost about one day’s worth of forged Ark. Since then he has been trying to regain the trust of his voters and rebranding under his new name Arkworld. He has been very active his whole time in the ecosystem, and created a calculator and has a blog among other useful items. Seems like a great vote to me if you could get over his security issues in the past, which are minimal but important.

Doom:

Pool reward sharing — 80%

Payment at random every 2–3 days

Does not cover transfer fees

Although this is a very noble quest for him, seeking to use this delegation to fund his education, he seems pretty inactive as a delegate for Ark, his last time making an Ark video being 3 months ago.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/193/

Arkship:

Pool reward sharing — 90%

Rewards paid daily with a min of 2 Ark(24 fidelity period)

Does not cover transfer fees?

Smaller delegate, probably great for bigger wallets but doesn’t offer much to the newer and smaller voters looking for a delegate.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/404/

Sharkark:

Pool reward sharing — 90%

Rewards paid weekly

Does not cover transfer fees

Overall a very simple delegate. Not much to examine here. The delegate aims to just be as simple and reliable as possible.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/401/

Anamix:

Pool reward sharing — 80%

Rewards paid weekly with a min of 1 ark

Does not cover transfer fees

Is also a delegate in Lisk and Shift. Super simple delegate with a lot of experience in node maintenance.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/184/

Arky:

Pool reward sharing — 80%

Rewards paid weekly with a max week-payout of 550 Ark

Does not cover transfer fees

Pretty small delegate, probably because of his high percentage take. Claims to be a fighter for the lower vote wallets, limiting the maximum payments and using TBW. Also contributes some to the ecosystem via arky and his MIT license.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/184/

Pieface:

Pool reward sharing — 92% + 2% in sweepstakes

Rewards paid daily with a minimum of .1 Ark

Does not cover transfer fees

Pieface has a pretty unique approach to being a delegate, trying to stay in the 30–40 range of delegates. That way, you can earn more because he has to split the earnings up between a lower amount of people. Based on where he is in the ranking, he may be employing a waitlist. Currently at the time of writing, he needs more voters. To get in contact, email him at avfcpieface87@gmail.com

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/354/

Arkland:

Pool reward sharing — 92%

Rewards paid daily with a minimum of .1 Ark

Covers transfer fees

Uses TBW

Arkland, or munich on slack, is a very impressive delegate in my opinion, after reading over his proposal. He has many systems put in place to protect his voters from hoppers, and runs often lotteries, usually with tickets costing 1 Ark each. His accomplishments have spread further though, with his support of the devnet, and his self-hosted blockchain explorer. I recommend checking his proposal out for yourselves.

Proposal: https://forum.ark.io/topic/525/

Website: https://ark.land/

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At this point in the delegate list, the delegates fluctuate so often to the point in that me examining the delegates and making a list of them is basically useless. If you have any personal requests for my opinion on delegates, or have any ideas for helpful articles about Ark, you can reach me through the comments here, or at my email cpongo28@gmail.com.

If you’ve found a delegate you want to vote for, visit this article written by delegate Jarunik for a quick tutorial on how.

https://medium.com/@jarunik/ark-how-to-vote-a-delegate-to-get-rewards-70a6f929e806

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If you found this article helpful and have some extra Ark hanging around, donations are always welcome! Thanks for reading.

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