I wanted to create a practical thread for Luxor. What should new users understand first about wallets, power, variance, heat, pool settings, profitability, and why expectations matter so much?
I had a similar situation on a smaller setup and the lesson for me was not to assume profitability or stability from one short test window. Watching behavior over a longer period gave me a more realistic picture.
Same issue here. The miner looked connected, but it turned out the worker format was wrong.
I ran into this after changing pool settings and thought the machine was the problem. In my case the miner was fine, but the network path was unstable and the shares started coming through only after I fixed DNS and restarted cleanly.
I think discussions like this are strongest when people share exact setup details, what they tested, and what changed the result.
It also helps to separate theory from real-world miner experience, because many problems only show up under actual load and uptime conditions.
Threads like this can become excellent references when members explain the mistake, the symptoms, and the fix in a structured way.
I appreciate topics like this because they help newer miners avoid expensive errors and give experienced users a place to compare methods.
This is a useful topic because it gives miners the kind of practical detail that is often missing from generic advice.
