# ERG P2PK address changes and historical pool payments

One wallet application can manage several addresses while the pool still accounts by the submitted payout address. A new P2PK address does not automatically inherit the old address’s workers, unpaid balance or lifetime payouts.

- Canonical: https://iotahome.site/en/learn/erg-p2pk-address-change-history
- Publisher: IOTA Watch
- Topics: Ergo
- Published: 2026-10-26
- Updated: 2026-10-26

## At a glance

One wallet application can manage several addresses while the pool still accounts by the submitted payout address. A new P2PK address does not automatically inherit the old address’s workers, unpaid balance or lifetime payouts.

## What to check

Keep the old address, pool and change time. Validate the new mainnet P2PK address against supported lookup rules rather than substituting a P2S script address. Inspect new shares and old payments separately, then verify receipts on Ergo. A shared wallet-app name is not an accounting key for merging history.

## Example

Example: unpaid ERG remains on the old address while new Autolykos shares reach the replacement. Preserve both until reconciled. A zero on the new record does not mean all earlier rewards disappeared.

## Continue

[Open project monitor](https://iotahome.site/en/projects/erg)

## Sources and implementation

- [erg.2miners.com](https://erg.2miners.com/help)
- [docs.ergoplatform.com](https://docs.ergoplatform.com/dev/integration/guide/)
- [docs.ergoplatform.com](https://docs.ergoplatform.com/dev/wallet/address/address_types/)