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Pool status and monitoring pages can be found at https://p2pool.io/, https://p2pool.io/mini/ and https://p2pool.observer/, https://mini.p2pool.observer/
# P2Pool hardfork on March 18, 2023
These are 3rd-party pages. If they are down, it doesn't mean there is a probem with P2Pool itself - it keeps mining always thanks to its decentralized nature.
P2Pool (not Monero!) will hardfork to new consensus rules on March 18th at 21:00 UTC (use [this link](https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=9pm&d=2023-03-18) to convert to your local time). The hardfork is necessary to improve P2Pool scalability and reduce the impact on Monero blockchain. You'll need to update to **P2Pool v3.0** or newer version before this time.
P2Pool (not Monero!) hardforked to new consensus rules on March 18th at 21:00 UTC. The hardfork was necessary to improve P2Pool scalability and reduce the impact on Monero blockchain. You need to update to the latest P2Pool version to continue mining on P2Pool.