BlockOps Mining · Updated October 8, 2026
Hiveon’s shutdown date and the pool rankings below are as published at the time of the sunset. Confirm stratum details against your pool’s own documentation before you repoint anything.
Key Takeaways
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Hiveon stopped accepting shares at 23:59 CET on May 15, 2026. Hiveon advised repointing workers before 23:59 CET on May 14. Any hashrate still pointed there after the cutoff produces nothing.
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Pick on three criteria, in order: FPPS payout, a fee in the 1 to 2.5% range, and an established operator. Your unpaid balance sits with the pool overnight, so the operator’s track record matters more than a fractional fee edge.
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The switch itself takes about five minutes per worker. Set the payout wallet, copy the stratum URL and port, update Pool 1, fill Pool 2 and Pool 3 for failover, reboot, confirm shares land.
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A pool sunset is work your host should absorb. If your provider is handing you a migration deadline instead of handling it, that tells you something about the provider.
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How do you pick a replacement pool quickly?
Short answer
Three criteria, in order. FPPS payout model, a fee between roughly 1 and 2.5 percent, and an operator with enough history that you are comfortable letting your unpaid balance sit there overnight.
FPPS payout model. Pays you the 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 that shows up on the public hashrate leaderboard.
Hash Rate Index publishes a current top ten that doubles as a shortlist. The 2026 ranking runs Foundry USA, AntPool, ViaBTC, F2Pool, SpiderPool, MARA Pool, Luxor, SBI Crypto, SecPool and Binance Pool. [1]
For a defensible last-minute pick, shortlist Foundry USA, Luxor, AntPool, ViaBTC or F2Pool.
What are the actual steps to switch?
Five steps per worker. Nothing here requires a hardware change or a firmware flash.
1. Create your account on the new pool and set your BTC payout wallet. Verify it on the account page before you go further.
2. Copy the stratum URL and port from the new pool’s own documentation.
3. Update Pool 1 on each worker with the new stratum, port and worker name.
4. Set Pool 2 and Pool 3 to secondary and tertiary ports, or to a different reputable backup pool, so failover has somewhere to go.
5. Apply, reboot if the firmware requires it, and confirm workers and shares appear on the new dashboard.
Three mistakes to avoid: skipping the wallet verification, chasing a half-point fee difference into an unproven pool, and leaving the backup pool slot empty.
What should your hosting provider be doing here?
A pool sunset is operational work, and it is the kind of work a hosting provider should absorb. At BlockOps the migration runs at the fleet level. You confirm the destination pool and the BTC payout wallet. Our technicians repoint workers across all five Arkansas facilities, verify shares are landing, set the backup stratum and confirm cutover. No ticket queue, no second day of downtime.
If your current host is treating a pool shutdown as your problem to solve, that is useful information about the kind of provider you are with. Owner-operators and brokers behave differently when operational work shows up unannounced.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if I miss the pool shutdown deadline?
Your machines keep hashing but the shares go nowhere, so you earn nothing until you repoint them. There is no grace period and no retroactive credit. Final payouts from the closing pool are sent to your wallet automatically.
Does switching pools require any hardware or firmware change?
No. You are changing a stratum URL, a port and a worker name in the miner’s configuration. Hardware, firmware and power draw are untouched.
Should I pick the lowest fee I can find?
Not on a deadline. A half-point fee difference is worth far less than knowing the operator will still be solvent and paying out next month. Fee is the second filter, not the first.
What is FPPS and why does it matter for an emergency switch?
Full Pay Per Share pays you the block subsidy plus transaction fees on every valid share you submit, regardless of whether the pool finds a block. It removes luck variance from your revenue, which is what you want when you are changing pools under time pressure.
Why set a backup pool at all?
If your primary pool has an outage and Pool 2 is empty, your machines idle until someone notices. Filling the backup slots costs nothing and converts an outage into a brief dip.
Pool migrations, firmware, racking: handled.
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