NovaBlock

https://novablock.com

miner-validator

NovaBlock (novablock.com)

NovaBlock was a Bitcoin (SHA-256) mining pool / mining infrastructure brand that positioned itself as North America–focused, offering pooled mining payouts (often described under its “NovaPPS+” payout model in third‑party descriptions). (minerupdate.com)

Category fit: “miner–validator”

• Miner: Yes—NovaBlock is described and indexed as a mining pool (i.e., a coordinator of hashpower for Proof‑of‑Work mining, paying out rewards to participants). (minerstat.com)
• Validator: Not in the Proof‑of‑Stake sense. In Bitcoin, the closest analogue is “miners,” who also effectively validate by producing blocks under PoW rules; NovaBlock’s role is best understood as mining‑pool operator, not a PoS validator.

What happened to it (key historical note)

Multiple industry reports from February 2021 state that Poolin acquired NovaBlock’s hashrate / pool operations, with an effective migration date of February 8, 2021 (hashrate switching to Poolin without changing rewards mechanics for users, per reported announcement language). (forklog.com)

Common third‑party descriptors

• Reported to have become public with operations in August 2019 (after earlier private hashrate aggregation). (minerupdate.com)
• Listed by mining‑pool directories as operating since 2019, and associated with BTC / SHA‑256 mining. (minerstat.com)

Website: https://novablock.com (site reachability/content may vary by crawler/access at the time of lookup). (minerstat.com)