From "Pending balance" to "Total paid"

Question

Under which conditions the accumulated amount of XMR in a mining pool, goes from "Pending balance" to "Total paid", then definitely in my wallet? I have exceeded the payout threshold of 0.5 XMR in my pending balance, which is now around 0.53,but I still did not see the 0.5 amount moved into "Total paid".

Must a new block be found for the transaction to occur? I still did not understand completely how pool mining works.

Answer 1

It depends on the pool payment schedule. If you go over the threshold it doesn't mean the pool will immediately make the payment, but it should be part of the next batch, whenever that may be. Some pools make payments once per day, so you'd have to wait a bit. Maybe you've already received your payment :)