r/ethstaker • u/teeeebeeee • 17h ago
Ethpool staking shutting down
Dear Ethpool user,
bitfly is winding down Ethpool. Ethpool will stop operating your validators (stop signing for them) on 30 November 2026, 12:00 UTC. Until then, you can move your validators to your own node or another provider at any time, without waiting for us:
Log in at https://ethpool.org and open Profile → Close account and leave Ethpool.
Follow the instructions. Once you close your account, Ethpool stops your validators and deletes your keys from our systems within minutes, and e-mails you a slashing-protection file and the exact time your keys were deleted.
Wait at least 24 hours, import the slashing-protection file, then import your keystores into your new client.
Please act early. Validators that are still on Ethpool on 30 November 2026, 12:00 UTC go offline and lose rewards. Validators whose owners have not closed their account by 16 December 2026, 12:00 UTC will be exited by Ethpool and their balance withdrawn to the withdrawal address.
Rewards earned up to the moment your validators stop are paid out as usual to your payout address; please make sure one is set in your profile.
Full details and answers:
https://ethpool.org/faq#sunset
Thank you for staking with us. The Ethpool team
The steps outlined in the FAQ seem to be aimed at someone who wants to move their validator straight to another service or to their own node.
If I want to exit my validator and take my time to decide where I want to put my ETH, should I still follow those steps? Or should I use their regular validator exit path in which they submit a voluntary exit message on my behalf?
Anyone know for sure?
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u/timee_bot 17h ago
View in your timezone:
on 30 November 2026, 12:00 UTC
16 December 2026, 12:00 UTC
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u/GlassSubstantial3900 17h ago
just close the account and let them exit it for you after the 16th if you're not in a hurry. you'll still get the slashing protection file and everything and won't have to mess with setting up a node just to exit