Estimate the average locked value of a live Decred ticket
A snapshot of the live ticket pool contains tickets purchased at different prices. Dividing the pool's locked value by its live membership estimates the average capital tied to each live ticket.
Capture two consistent observations
Read the locked pool value in DCR and the live-ticket list on the same daemon. Check its tip before and after both calls; repeat the sample if the tip changed. Listing every ticket can produce a large response.
dcrctl getticketpoolvalue
dcrctl livetickets | jq '.tickets | length'
Calculate a pool-wide average
A pool with 400000 DCR locked across 4000 live tickets averages 100 DCR per ticket. Treat a zero count as unavailable. This average describes the existing live pool and can differ from the price paid for a newly purchased ticket or the cost basis of an individual wallet.