I just got an email from NovaBlock that they are merging with Poolin. To quote the announcement:

"The merge with Poolin ensures the highest security for all NovaBlock clients. Now as we move forward as one of the leading mining pools, you can feel even more confident in NovaBlock. Following this change, Poolin will have 23 EH of hashrate."

I was going to try NovaBlock out later this year to see what the profit was going to be but now maybe not... I was mainly drawn to the concept of a North American pool with ownership and control centered in North America.

This seems a bit cray to me. If the owners of NovaBlock made a bunch of money I can appreciate that but pool consolidation is not what I thought they were about. Interesting times!

Any thoughts?