u/Steel-Tempered

I decided to jump in and build my own node for mining with UmbrelOS. It's up and running and synced and everything looks good, but I had a question about the payout address.

In the mining pool dashboard screen, under the "Getting Started" tab, it shows the stratum address and port info. I am using my own IP address as the pool address, and the port shown, and it is working with my miners.

However, I have a question about the "Pool Wallet" address. The Pool Wallet address is NOT the same as my own personal Bitcoin Receive wallet address.

Is the Pool Wallet supposed to be different then my own personal Bitcoin wallet address?

I have my miners connected to the UmbrelOS node using my own personal Bitcoin Wallet Receive address. (mypersonalwalletaddress.minername)

If I hit a block, will the payout go to my own personal bitcoin wallet address, or will it go to the Pool Wallet address? Or does it first route through the Pool Wallet address and then automatically goes to my personal address?

Or do I need to change the Pool Wallet address to my own personal wallet address?

I only mine on my node by myself, I'm not running a pool for other users.

Curious how payouts are routed if you hit a block using this UmbrelOS setup. Or if I need to change anything in that dashboard. Thanks.

I was thinking about setting up my own node using an older Dell Optiplex 7040 Micro. Problem is that the prices of older 2TB SATA/M.2 SSDs are just as bonkers as modern SSDs now. I do, however, have a 500GB SATA SSD and I've been reading about pruned nodes vs. full archival nodes. I wasn't planning on mining anything requiring a lightning wallet. In fact, It'll probably just be Bitcoin or Bitcoin cash to a hardware wallet.

Anyway, if I'm just mining with a Bitaxe or Nerdqaxe ASIC SHA-256 device, will using a pruned node have any detrimental or limiting effects to mining on the blockhains, the possible payouts, or hardware wallet type or integrity?

Thanks.