user4350: I'd like to clarify my understanding of staked and delegated tokens.
Cardano website says:

Ada held on the Cardano network represents a stake in the network, with the size of the stake proportional to the amount of ada held. The ability to delegate or pledge a stake is fundamental to how Cardano works.


Delegation is the process by which ada holders delegate the stake associated with their ada to a stake pool.

AFAIU, therefore
Total Stake = Delegated Staked Tokens + Non-delegated Staked Tokens,
where Non-delegated Staked Tokens are staked by the pool owners directly to their pools without delegation. Total Stake tokens amount in the Cardano network, therefore, should be always bigger (or equal as extreme) than the total amount of Delegated Staked Tokens.
Is this understanding correct?

user1142: Stake
Your ADA is your stake in the Cardano network. You can do different things with this stake. The most prominent use case is for sure delegating it to a stake pool to secure the network. But you also have a stake in voting in the Catalyst proposals for example.
Therefore the total stake of the Network is the total amount of ADA in circulation. This doesn't equal the amount of ADA that is delegated to stake pools as some people don't stake their ADA.
Stake pools
The stake pool operator has to pay a fee of 500 ADA when registering the pool. This ADA doesn't count towards the pledge or staked amount but will be returned once the pool is retired. The pledge of a stake pool is ADA that is delegated to the stake pool by the owner of the pool. It counts towards the staked amount of the pool like any other delegation.

4350: <p>I'd like to clarify my understanding of staked and delegated tokens.
<a href="https://cardano.org/stake-pool-delegation/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cardano website</a> says:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Ada held on the Cardano network represents <strong>a stake in the network</strong>, with the size of the stake proportional to the amount of ada held. The ability to delegate or pledge a stake is fundamental to how Cardano works.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Delegation</strong> is the process by which ada holders delegate the stake associated with their ada to a stake pool.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>AFAIU, therefore
<code>Total Stake = Delegated Staked Tokens + Non-delegated Staked Tokens</code>,
where <code>Non-delegated Staked Tokens</code> are staked by the pool owners directly to their pools without delegation. <code>Total Stake</code> tokens amount in the Cardano network, therefore, should be always bigger (or equal as extreme) than the total amount of <code>Delegated Staked Tokens</code>.</p>
<p>Is this understanding correct?</p>
 1142: <p><strong>Stake</strong></p>
<p>Your ADA is your stake in the Cardano network. You can do different things with this stake. The most prominent use case is for sure delegating it to a stake pool to secure the network. But you also have a stake in voting in the <a href="https://cardano.ideascale.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Catalyst</a> proposals for example.</p>
<p>Therefore the total stake of the Network is the total amount of ADA in circulation. This doesn't equal the amount of ADA that is delegated to stake pools as some people don't stake their ADA.</p>
<p><strong>Stake pools</strong></p>
<p>The stake pool operator has to pay a fee of 500 ADA when registering the pool. This ADA doesn't count towards the pledge or staked amount but will be returned once the pool is retired. The pledge of a stake pool is ADA that is delegated to the stake pool by the owner of the pool. It counts towards the staked amount of the pool like any other delegation.</p>
