# A PRL worker is not another wallet: where accepted shares show up

A worker is a machine label under an address. The balance still belongs to the prl1 address. Kryptex monitoring here has no accepted-share count. LuckyPool shows one only when that pool returns it.

- Canonical: https://iotahome.site/en/learn/prl-worker-accepted-shares
- Publisher: IOTA Watch
- Topics: Pearl
- Published: 2026-10-23
- Updated: 2026-10-24

## At a glance

Kryptex asks for a worker after the wallet or username. Pearl Metal also treats the worker as a label, with stats under the address. Saving the worker name as another address does not create a second ledger.

## Address, worker, accepted shares

| What you see | What it is | What it is not |
| --- | --- | --- |
| prl1 address | The pool’s key for balance and paid | A worker name |
| Worker | This machine’s label under that address | Another wallet, or a second unpaid balance |
| Online / offline | Recent shares, or the status the pool sent | Proof that a reward was paid |
| Accepted shares | Shown when LuckyPool returns a count | The Kryptex balance, or a promise of earnings |
| Last share time | When this label was last seen | A payout time |

A worker in PRL monitoring is a machine label under the payout address, not a second wallet. To see whether shares were accepted, open the pool that actually took them on [PRL monitoring](https://iotahome.site/en/projects/prl), then read the name and last share time in that address’s worker list. A row in the list does not own the unpaid balance by itself.

Kryptex’s PRL connection page states the form as a wallet or username plus `/worker`. SOLO uses the solo wallet form that page gives. The Pearl Metal author describes `--worker` as any label you like, and says the pool dashboard shows stats under `address.worker`. So `m1` and `desk` can both sit under one `prl1`, for two Macs or two processes. Pasting `m1` into the address field does not open a new ledger. The address check wants a public address that starts with `prl1`.

Online or offline answers “has this label been seen lately”, not “has this PRL been paid”. The Kryptex source uses the online or offline status the pool sent, with a last share time. The address hashrate uses the average or current rate the pool reported for each worker. If any listed worker has no reported rate, the address hashrate is unknown, not zero. The LuckyPool source judges freshness from the last time seen: about 20 minutes counts as online, past about 30 minutes counts as offline, and the gap or a bad time stays unknown. That is this site’s “still here” display, not a billing window the pool promised.

## An accepted-share count exists on one side

When LuckyPool’s address stats include an accepted-share count, monitoring shows that whole number. If the field is missing, or the value cannot be used as a complete count, the display is unknown, not zero. The Kryptex row in this monitor does not read an accepted-share count. Shares you see on Kryptex’s own website belong to that website. Do not treat the unpaid balance on the Kryptex row here as a share count. Kryptex’s page also states a fixed share difficulty and says difficulty does not change earnings. That is the pool’s statement about difficulty. The number can change with the page. This site does not replace the setting in your miner with an old list.

## Example: two machines, one balance

This is an illustration. The address is a `prl1`. On LuckyPool the workers are `m1` and `desk`. `m1` last shared 5 minutes ago and shows online. `desk` last shared 2 hours ago and shows offline. The unlocked balance of 0.02 PRL is on the address. You cannot write 0.02 for `m1` and 0 for `desk`. If no accepted-share count came back, the count is unknown. If you switch the lookup to Kryptex, that side has no accepted-share count here. Matching worker names do not let you copy LuckyPool’s count across.

## What to inspect next

Confirm the worker string in the miner arguments, then match that label’s last share time on [PRL monitoring](https://iotahome.site/en/projects/prl). For the money, go back to the address’s unpaid, pending, and paid amounts in [locked balance and payouts](https://iotahome.site/en/learn/prl-locked-balance-payouts). On a Mac, pick the pool first: [hashrate, workers, and rewards](https://iotahome.site/en/learn/pearl-prl-mac-monitoring). This site does not start the miner and cannot wake an offline worker remotely.

## Common questions

### Can I look up a balance with only the worker name?

No. Balance, paid, and recent reward belong to the prl1 address. A worker shows a name, hashrate, online state, and last share time.

### Why does Kryptex monitoring show no accepted-share count?

This Kryptex row does not read a share count. A count appears only when LuckyPool returns that number. A share view on Kryptex’s website is the pool’s own page.

### Does offline mean there is no reward?

No. Offline means this label has no recent share. Unpaid and paid already on the address do not become zero because one worker is offline.

## Sources and implementation

- [Kryptex · PRL pool](https://pool.kryptex.com/en/prl)
- [Pearl Metal miner](https://github.com/Breakwater-ecosystem/pearl-metal-miner)