This topic is designed for miners who are still deciding in SecPool. Good replies should compare luck, consistency, profitability, psychology, variance tolerance, and why some miners are better suited for one option than the other.
I think the key here is testing one change at a time instead of changing everything at once.
What helped me most was writing down the exact symptoms before changing anything. Once I compared the dashboard, local logs, and power behavior together, the real cause became much easier to spot.
For anyone still troubleshooting this, the most useful sequence I found was: confirm the wallet and worker format first, then verify the stratum target, then check miner logs, then look at temperature and uptime, and only after that start changing firmware or network settings. Doing it in a clean order saved me a lot of time because I stopped guessing and started isolating the real problem.
I agree with the general advice here, but I would also check the wallet address, worker naming, and temperature at the same time. A lot of people focus only on the connection and miss something obvious.
A practical comparison with real setup details would make this thread much more useful for future readers.
It helps a lot when people include what symptoms they saw, what they tested, and what actually changed the result.
This is a strong SEO-style topic because it matches the real questions miners keep asking again and again.
This is exactly the kind of question many new miners search for before they commit money or hardware.
I think the most helpful answers here are the ones that explain what to check first, not just the final fix.
