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BigQuery: why we keep three copies of every reward and stake table

Same rows, three physical layouts — one for epoch lookups, one for stake-address lookups, one for pool lookups. The reasoning, and the bytes-billed numbers behind it.

3 Jun 2026 4 min read
How Many Users Were Active on Cardano Last Epoch? An AI-Assisted Query in Under a Second
Cardano

How Many Users Were Active on Cardano Last Epoch? An AI-Assisted Query in Under a Second

On Cardano on BigQuery, we pointed an AI agent to work out a query estimating the number of active users on Cardano. It scanned the schema, wrote the query, and returned the answer in under one second. A schema optimisation led to a 28× cost reduction. Start querying the Cardano chain today.

7 May 2026 2 min read
Cardano Staking 101 - Where the stakes are high
Cardano

Cardano Staking 101 - Where the stakes are high

In this post we’ll break down what staking on Cardano is, how it works under the hood, how you can do it, how to pick the right pool, and what you can earn $.

21 Oct 2025 8 min read
BigQuery

Documentation: Cardano on BigQuery

Documentation of our product Cardano on BigQuery.

11 Aug 2025 2 min read
The Cardano epoch time
Query

The Cardano epoch time

Let's have a look at how to calculate the epoch number from dates.

7 Aug 2025 1 min read
Query

Querying rewards

Example query to summarise the earned rewards on a Cardano staking address.

6 Aug 2025 1 min read