The Deadline
Switching Bitcoin mining pools is now mandatory for miners still connected to Hiveon. Hiveon stops accepting shares at 23:59 CET on May 15, 2026. Hiveon recommends repointing workers before 23:59 CET on May 14. Final payouts will be sent automatically to user wallets by the May 15 deadline. After that, any hashrate still pointed at Hiveon is producing nothing.
How to Pick a Replacement Pool Fast
Three criteria, in order:
- FPPS payout model. Pays you block subsidy and transaction fees on every valid share. Predictable revenue, no variance. This is the default answer for an emergency switch.
- Fee around 1 to 2.5 percent. Materially above that needs a reason. Materially below needs scrutiny.
- Established operator. Your unpaid balance sits with the pool overnight. Pick a name on the public hashrate leaderboard.
Hash Rate Index publishes a current top 10 list that doubles as a shortlist. The 2026 ranking is Foundry USA, AntPool, ViaBTC, F2Pool, SpiderPool, MARA Pool, Luxor, SBI Crypto, SecPool, and Binance Pool. Full breakdown: Top 10 Bitcoin Mining Pools of 2026, Hash Rate Index.
For a defensible last minute pick, shortlist Foundry USA, Luxor, AntPool, ViaBTC, or F2Pool.
The Five Minute Switch Checklist
- Create your account on the new pool and set your BTC payout wallet. Verify it on the account page.
- Copy the stratum URL and port from the new pool’s docs.
- Update Pool 1 on each worker with the new stratum, port, and worker name.
- Set Pool 2 and Pool 3 to the secondary and tertiary ports of your current provider or to a different reputable backup pool for failover.
- Apply, reboot if required, and confirm workers and shares appear on the new pool dashboard.
Three mistakes to avoid: skipping the wallet verification, chasing a 0.5 percent fee delta into an unproven pool, and leaving the backup pool slot empty.
What a Real Hosting Provider Does Here
A pool sunset is operational work your hosting provider should absorb. At BlockOps, the Hiveon migration is handled at the fleet level: you confirm the destination pool and BTC payout wallet, and our on-site technicians repoint workers across all five Arkansas facilities, verify shares are landing, set the backup stratum, and confirm cutover. No support ticket queue. No second day of downtime.
If your current host is treating this as your problem to figure out, that is useful information about the kind of provider you are with.
Bottom Line
The Hiveon shutdown is a deadline, not a crisis. Repoint stratum to a stable pool, verify the payout wallet, set a backup, move on. The miners who lose uptime this week will be the ones who waited.