UltimusPool is gone and Binance Pool cuts off in three days: what miners must do
UltimusPool has confirmed that its Bitcoin (BTC) mining service is over. The pool's own homepage says the site becomes inaccessible from 08:00 UTC on 5 November 2026 and asks miners to export earnings data while they still can. UltimusPool described itself as a strategic partner of Binance Pool, so the two shutdowns land almost together for many SHA-256 ASIC fleets.
Binance Pool cuts Stratum on 10 November
According to Binance's October announcement, Binance Pool and related services stop accepting shares at 07:00 UTC on 10 November 2026. That covers Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, the Transaction Accelerator, APIs and alerts. Miners should redeem Pool Savings before the cutoff and complete any KYC needed for final settlements by 23:59 UTC that same day. Historical pool pages stay reachable until 07:00 UTC on 24 November 2026, then go away.
What to do this week
- Repoint every SHA-256 worker away from UltimusPool and Binance Pool Stratum endpoints before 10 November 07:00 UTC.
- Export worker and earnings history from both dashboards while login still works.
- Redeem Pool Savings and finish KYC if you expect a final payout from Binance Pool.
- If you need a working alternative for Bitcoin ASICs, emcd.io is one option on profit-mine; you can also register on EMCD.
Why the timing matters
CoinDesk reported in mid-October that Binance Pool's share of network hashrate had already fallen sharply, while Foundry, AntPool and F2Pool together held about 64% of Bitcoin hashrate. Losing another public pool does not change ASIC economics overnight, but it does concentrate where small fleets send shares. Treat the UltimusPool official notice as the hard cutoff for that brand, and treat 10 November as the hard cutoff for Binance Pool.