diff --git a/pool/src/config.rs b/pool/src/config.rs
index fd14d7cdd..ea436ddfb 100644
--- a/pool/src/config.rs
+++ b/pool/src/config.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub nodes: Vec<String>,
     /// The first node's EVM JSON-RPC (payouts, chain id)
     pub evm_rpc: String,
+    /// The node's exec RPC for the class v5 day state (`igneum_getPowStateLeaves`); empty means `--evm-rpc`
+    pub exec_rpc: String,
     /// Where members connect (spec 9.3: 4461 mainnet, 4462 testnet, 4463 devnet)
     pub listen: String,
     /// The stats API and the web page
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ impl Config {
         let mut c = Config {
             nodes: Vec::new(),
             evm_rpc: String::new(),
+            exec_rpc: String::new(),
             listen: String::new(),
             http: "127.0.0.1:4480".into(),
             data_dir: PathBuf::from("data"),
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ impl Config {
             match a {
                 "--node" => c.nodes.push(val()),
                 "--evm-rpc" => c.evm_rpc = val(),
+                "--exec-rpc" => c.exec_rpc = val(),
                 "--listen" => c.listen = val(),
                 "--http" => c.http = val(),
                 "--data-dir" => c.data_dir = PathBuf::from(val()),
@@ -197,6 +201,9 @@ impl Config {
         if c.evm_rpc.is_empty() {
             c.evm_rpc = format!("http://127.0.0.1:{evm_port}");
         }
+        if c.exec_rpc.is_empty() {
+            c.exec_rpc = c.evm_rpc.clone();
+        }
         if c.payout_key.as_os_str().is_empty() {
             c.payout_key = c.data_dir.join("payout-key.json");
         }
diff --git a/pool/src/main.rs b/pool/src/main.rs
index 713bc5e24..1ec67941e 100644
--- a/pool/src/main.rs
+++ b/pool/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //!             --data-dir /var/lib/igneum-pool --fee-percent 1 --min-payout 1 [--dry-run]
 //! ```
 
+mod state_provider;
 mod api;
 mod config;
 mod node;
@@ -171,6 +172,9 @@ async fn main() {
         Address::new(prefix, Version::PubKey, &h.finalize().as_bytes())
     };
     let state_path = cfg.data_dir.join("state.json");
+    // class v5: the engine's day state comes from the node's exec RPC (the pool's own provider), installed before the first epoch
+    kaspa_pow::igneum::install_day_state_provider(Arc::new(crate::state_provider::RpcStateProvider::new(&cfg.exec_rpc)));
+    eprintln!("class v5 day state: {} ({})", cfg.exec_rpc, "igneum_getPowStateLeaves");
     let engine = Arc::new(IgneumEngine::new());
     let walker_for_open = walker.clone();
     let pool = Arc::new(Pool {
diff --git a/pool/src/state_provider.rs b/pool/src/state_provider.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5a5074ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pool/src/state_provider.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//! The class v5 day state for the pool's own engine (8 October 2026, the devnet-4 pair): the pool verifies shares and
+//! builds its share verifier's epoch with `IgneumEngine`, and under class v5 every epoch's dataset is keyed by the chain's
+//! execution state after the epoch's seed block (spec 01 section 1.8.6). The engine asks the installed
+//! `DayStateProvider`; this one fetches the stream from the node's exec RPC (`igneum_getPowStateLeaves [blockHash]`)
+//! over a plain HTTP/1.1 POST on a blocking socket, once per epoch, as the miner's `RpcStateProvider` does
+//! (`igneum/miner/src/main.rs`). `--exec-rpc` names the URL; its default is the pool's `--evm-rpc` (the same node port).
+
+use kaspa_hashes::Hash;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+pub struct RpcStateProvider {
+    url: String,
+}
+
+impl RpcStateProvider {
+    pub fn new(url: &str) -> Self {
+        Self { url: url.to_string() }
+    }
+
+    fn post(&self, body: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+        let rest = self.url.trim_start_matches("http://");
+        let (hostport, _) = rest.split_once('/').unwrap_or((rest, ""));
+        let mut stream = std::net::TcpStream::connect(hostport).map_err(|e| format!("connect {hostport}: {e} (the node's exec RPC; --exec-rpc http://<host>:<port> names another)"))?;
+        stream.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(20))).ok();
+        let req = format!("POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {hostport}\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n{body}", body.len());
+        stream.write_all(req.as_bytes()).map_err(|e| format!("write {hostport}: {e}"))?;
+        let mut resp = Vec::new();
+        stream.read_to_end(&mut resp).map_err(|e| format!("read {hostport}: {e}"))?;
+        let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&resp);
+        let (_, body) = text.split_once("\r\n\r\n").ok_or_else(|| "no HTTP body".to_string())?;
+        Ok(body.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+impl kaspa_pow::igneum::DayStateProvider for RpcStateProvider {
+    fn state_stream(&self, block: Hash) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+        let body = format!("{{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"igneum_getPowStateLeaves\",\"params\":[\"{block}\"]}}");
+        let resp = self.post(&body)?;
+        const KEY: &str = "\"streamHex\":\"0x";
+        let hex_at = resp.find(KEY).ok_or_else(|| {
+            let err = resp.find("\"message\":\"").map(|i| resp[i + 11..].split('"').next().unwrap_or("").to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|| resp.chars().take(200).collect());
+            format!("exec RPC {} gave no stream for block {block}: {err}", self.url)
+        })?;
+        let rest = &resp[hex_at + KEY.len()..];
+        let hex_str = rest.split('"').next().unwrap_or("");
+        kaspa_pow::igneum::unhex_bytes(hex_str).ok_or_else(|| "malformed streamHex".to_string())
+    }
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "the node's exec RPC (the pool's provider)"
+    }
+}