<p>In general I do not think there is a reliable way to do this.</p>
<p>The recommended best practice is to have the actual block producing node hidden behind two public relay nodes. If the BP and the 2 relays are in three different countries, which country are you going to assign it to?</p>
<p>If a pool operator says their node is for country X but they run their nodes from another country Y, which country are you going to assign it to?</p>

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2022-03-08T23:22:25.657Z
Makes sense! I guess I am interested in the pools claim to be from country X. So back to the website for that - as you say not particularly reliable.
dnatheist
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2022-03-09T06:40:08.533Z
You may want to look at some of the web sites like https://pooltool.io which may have country information
Erik de Castro Lopo
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2022-03-07T05:25:36.153Z
2022-03-07T05:25:36.153Z
Erik de Castro Lopo
<p>I'd like to develop a list of cardano stake pools by country. A static list would be OK, but a repeatable method of developing an updated list by country would be much better. Is there a way of doing this? There are some groovy maps around like The <a href="https://input-output-hk.github.io/shelley-node-map/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://input-output-hk.github.io/shelley-node-map/</a>, but a live list by country? Pool explorers dont seem to offer it easily if at all.</p>

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Stake Pool Locations. How is the best way to obtain a list of cardano stake pools by country?
# Stake Pool Locations. How is the best way to obtain a list of cardano stake pools by country?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-07)

I'd like to develop a list of cardano stake pools by country. A static list would be OK, but a repeatable method of developing an updated list by country would be much better. Is there a way of doing this? There are some groovy maps around like The <https://input-output-hk.github.io/shelley-node-map/>, but a live list by country? Pool explorers dont seem to offer it easily if at all.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-03-07. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

In general I do not think there is a reliable way to do this.

The recommended best practice is to have the actual block producing node hidden behind two public relay nodes. If the BP and the 2 relays are in three different countries, which country are you going to assign it to?

If a pool operator says their node is for country X but they run their nodes from another country Y, which country are you going to assign it to?

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Makes sense! I guess I am interested in the pools claim to be from country X. So back to the website for that - as you say not particularly reliable.  
> **username_1**: You may want to look at some of the web sites like https://pooltool.io which may have country information  

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