diff --git a/nano/core_test/utility.cpp b/nano/core_test/utility.cpp
index 3d418e91..652ea8e4 100644
--- a/nano/core_test/utility.cpp
+++ b/nano/core_test/utility.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <nano/lib/optional_ptr.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/rate_limiting.hpp>
-#include <nano/lib/threading.hpp>
+#include <nano/lib/thread_pool.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/timer.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/utility.hpp>
 #include <nano/secure/utility.hpp>
diff --git a/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index ad08425d..d0207325 100644
--- a/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ add_library(
   stats_enums.hpp
   stats_enums.cpp
   stream.hpp
+  thread_pool.hpp
+  thread_pool.cpp
   thread_roles.hpp
   thread_roles.cpp
   thread_runner.hpp
diff --git a/nano/lib/thread_pool.cpp b/nano/lib/thread_pool.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..571a8407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nano/lib/thread_pool.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#include <nano/lib/thread_pool.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/asio/post.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/steady_timer.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio/thread_pool.hpp>
+
+/*
+ * thread_pool
+ */
+
+nano::thread_pool::thread_pool (unsigned num_threads, nano::thread_role::name thread_name) :
+	num_threads (num_threads),
+	thread_pool_m (std::make_unique<boost::asio::thread_pool> (num_threads)),
+	thread_names_latch{ num_threads }
+{
+	set_thread_names (thread_name);
+}
+
+nano::thread_pool::~thread_pool ()
+{
+	stop ();
+}
+
+void nano::thread_pool::stop ()
+{
+	nano::unique_lock<nano::mutex> lk (mutex);
+	if (!stopped)
+	{
+		stopped = true;
+#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_IOCP)
+		// A hack needed for Windows to prevent deadlock during destruction, described here: https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio/issues/431
+		boost::asio::use_service<boost::asio::detail::win_iocp_io_context> (*thread_pool_m).stop ();
+#endif
+		lk.unlock ();
+		thread_pool_m->stop ();
+		thread_pool_m->join ();
+		lk.lock ();
+		thread_pool_m = nullptr;
+	}
+}
+
+void nano::thread_pool::push_task (std::function<void ()> task)
+{
+	++num_tasks;
+	nano::lock_guard<nano::mutex> guard (mutex);
+	if (!stopped)
+	{
+		boost::asio::post (*thread_pool_m, [this, task] () {
+			task ();
+			--num_tasks;
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+void nano::thread_pool::add_timed_task (std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point const & expiry_time, std::function<void ()> task)
+{
+	nano::lock_guard<nano::mutex> guard (mutex);
+	if (!stopped && thread_pool_m)
+	{
+		auto timer = std::make_shared<boost::asio::steady_timer> (thread_pool_m->get_executor (), expiry_time);
+		timer->async_wait ([this, task, timer] (boost::system::error_code const & ec) {
+			if (!ec)
+			{
+				push_task (task);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+unsigned nano::thread_pool::get_num_threads () const
+{
+	return num_threads;
+}
+
+uint64_t nano::thread_pool::num_queued_tasks () const
+{
+	return num_tasks;
+}
+
+void nano::thread_pool::set_thread_names (nano::thread_role::name thread_name)
+{
+	for (auto i = 0u; i < num_threads; ++i)
+	{
+		boost::asio::post (*thread_pool_m, [this, thread_name] () {
+			nano::thread_role::set (thread_name);
+			thread_names_latch.arrive_and_wait ();
+		});
+	}
+	thread_names_latch.wait ();
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<nano::container_info_component> nano::collect_container_info (thread_pool & thread_pool, std::string const & name)
+{
+	auto composite = std::make_unique<container_info_composite> (name);
+	composite->add_component (std::make_unique<container_info_leaf> (container_info{ "count", thread_pool.num_queued_tasks (), sizeof (std::function<void ()>) }));
+	return composite;
+}
diff --git a/nano/lib/thread_pool.hpp b/nano/lib/thread_pool.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f56a6271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nano/lib/thread_pool.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <nano/lib/relaxed_atomic.hpp>
+#include <nano/lib/thread_roles.hpp>
+#include <nano/lib/threading.hpp>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <functional>
+#include <latch>
+
+namespace boost::asio
+{
+class thread_pool;
+}
+
+namespace nano
+{
+class thread_pool final
+{
+public:
+	explicit thread_pool (unsigned, nano::thread_role::name);
+	~thread_pool ();
+
+	/** This will run when there is an available thread for execution */
+	void push_task (std::function<void ()>);
+
+	/** Run a task at a certain point in time */
+	void add_timed_task (std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point const & expiry_time, std::function<void ()> task);
+
+	/** Stops any further pushed tasks from executing */
+	void stop ();
+
+	/** Number of threads in the thread pool */
+	unsigned get_num_threads () const;
+
+	/** Returns the number of tasks which are awaiting execution by the thread pool **/
+	uint64_t num_queued_tasks () const;
+
+private:
+	nano::mutex mutex;
+	std::atomic<bool> stopped{ false };
+	unsigned num_threads;
+	std::unique_ptr<boost::asio::thread_pool> thread_pool_m;
+	nano::relaxed_atomic_integral<uint64_t> num_tasks{ 0 };
+
+	/** Set the names of all the threads in the thread pool for easier identification */
+	std::latch thread_names_latch;
+	void set_thread_names (nano::thread_role::name thread_name);
+};
+
+std::unique_ptr<nano::container_info_component> collect_container_info (thread_pool & thread_pool, std::string const & name);
+} // namespace nano
diff --git a/nano/lib/threading.cpp b/nano/lib/threading.cpp
index fd3ec258..e5d00286 100644
--- a/nano/lib/threading.cpp
+++ b/nano/lib/threading.cpp
@@ -21,98 +21,6 @@ boost::thread::attributes nano::thread_attributes::get_default ()
 	return attrs;
 }
 
-/*
- * thread_pool
- */
-
-nano::thread_pool::thread_pool (unsigned num_threads, nano::thread_role::name thread_name) :
-	num_threads (num_threads),
-	thread_pool_m (std::make_unique<boost::asio::thread_pool> (num_threads)),
-	thread_names_latch{ num_threads }
-{
-	set_thread_names (thread_name);
-}
-
-nano::thread_pool::~thread_pool ()
-{
-	stop ();
-}
-
-void nano::thread_pool::stop ()
-{
-	nano::unique_lock<nano::mutex> lk (mutex);
-	if (!stopped)
-	{
-		stopped = true;
-#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_IOCP)
-		// A hack needed for Windows to prevent deadlock during destruction, described here: https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio/issues/431
-		boost::asio::use_service<boost::asio::detail::win_iocp_io_context> (*thread_pool_m).stop ();
-#endif
-		lk.unlock ();
-		thread_pool_m->stop ();
-		thread_pool_m->join ();
-		lk.lock ();
-		thread_pool_m = nullptr;
-	}
-}
-
-void nano::thread_pool::push_task (std::function<void ()> task)
-{
-	++num_tasks;
-	nano::lock_guard<nano::mutex> guard (mutex);
-	if (!stopped)
-	{
-		boost::asio::post (*thread_pool_m, [this, task] () {
-			task ();
-			--num_tasks;
-		});
-	}
-}
-
-void nano::thread_pool::add_timed_task (std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point const & expiry_time, std::function<void ()> task)
-{
-	nano::lock_guard<nano::mutex> guard (mutex);
-	if (!stopped && thread_pool_m)
-	{
-		auto timer = std::make_shared<boost::asio::steady_timer> (thread_pool_m->get_executor (), expiry_time);
-		timer->async_wait ([this, task, timer] (boost::system::error_code const & ec) {
-			if (!ec)
-			{
-				push_task (task);
-			}
-		});
-	}
-}
-
-unsigned nano::thread_pool::get_num_threads () const
-{
-	return num_threads;
-}
-
-uint64_t nano::thread_pool::num_queued_tasks () const
-{
-	return num_tasks;
-}
-
-void nano::thread_pool::set_thread_names (nano::thread_role::name thread_name)
-{
-	for (auto i = 0u; i < num_threads; ++i)
-	{
-		boost::asio::post (*thread_pool_m, [this, thread_name] () {
-			nano::thread_role::set (thread_name);
-			thread_names_latch.arrive_and_wait ();
-		});
-	}
-	thread_names_latch.wait ();
-}
-
-std::unique_ptr<nano::container_info_component> nano::collect_container_info (thread_pool & thread_pool, std::string const & name)
-{
-	auto composite = std::make_unique<container_info_composite> (name);
-	composite->add_component (std::make_unique<container_info_leaf> (container_info{ "count", thread_pool.num_queued_tasks (), sizeof (std::function<void ()>) }));
-	return composite;
-}
-
 unsigned int nano::hardware_concurrency ()
 {
 	// Try to read overridden value from environment variable
diff --git a/nano/lib/threading.hpp b/nano/lib/threading.hpp
index f4b8ad8f..d74bdd34 100644
--- a/nano/lib/threading.hpp
+++ b/nano/lib/threading.hpp
@@ -21,41 +21,6 @@ namespace thread_attributes
 	boost::thread::attributes get_default ();
 }
 
-class thread_pool final
-{
-public:
-	explicit thread_pool (unsigned, nano::thread_role::name);
-	~thread_pool ();
-
-	/** This will run when there is an available thread for execution */
-	void push_task (std::function<void ()>);
-
-	/** Run a task at a certain point in time */
-	void add_timed_task (std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point const & expiry_time, std::function<void ()> task);
-
-	/** Stops any further pushed tasks from executing */
-	void stop ();
-
-	/** Number of threads in the thread pool */
-	unsigned get_num_threads () const;
-
-	/** Returns the number of tasks which are awaiting execution by the thread pool **/
-	uint64_t num_queued_tasks () const;
-
-private:
-	nano::mutex mutex;
-	std::atomic<bool> stopped{ false };
-	unsigned num_threads;
-	std::unique_ptr<boost::asio::thread_pool> thread_pool_m;
-	nano::relaxed_atomic_integral<uint64_t> num_tasks{ 0 };
-
-	/** Set the names of all the threads in the thread pool for easier identification */
-	std::latch thread_names_latch;
-	void set_thread_names (nano::thread_role::name thread_name);
-};
-
-std::unique_ptr<nano::container_info_component> collect_container_info (thread_pool & thread_pool, std::string const & name);
-
 /**
  * Number of available logical processor cores. Might be overridden by setting `NANO_HARDWARE_CONCURRENCY` environment variable
  */
diff --git a/nano/node/node.hpp b/nano/node/node.hpp
index a52a04d3..e4753bb5 100644
--- a/nano/node/node.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/node.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <nano/lib/config.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/stats.hpp>
+#include <nano/lib/thread_pool.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/work.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/active_transactions.hpp>
 #include <nano/node/backlog_population.hpp>
diff --git a/nano/node/signatures.hpp b/nano/node/signatures.hpp
index f1aa9f90..60194870 100644
--- a/nano/node/signatures.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/signatures.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <nano/lib/threading.hpp>
+#include <nano/lib/thread_pool.hpp>
 #include <nano/lib/utility.hpp>
 
 #include <atomic>