my stratum mining pool shows a strange error message when the bgfminer tries to connect. MPOS does not show the miner as hashing either (but as connected)...
2017-12-17 12:18:47,747 DEBUG block_updater # Merkle update in next 54.993 sec
2017-12-17 12:18:48-0500 [stratum.socket_transport.SocketTransportFactory] 2017-12-17 12:18:48,291 INFO stats # 1 peers connected, state changed 1 times
2017-12-17 12:18:48-0500 [stratum.socket_transport.SocketTransportFactory] 2017-12-17 12:18:48,291 DEBUG protocol # Connected xx.219.123.7
2017-12-17 12:18:48-0500 [Protocol,6,98.219.123.7] 2017-12-17 12:18:48,295 WARNING protocol # Failed message: Cannot decode message '▒▒Z6▒▒▒2017-12-17 12:18:48-0500 [Protocol,6,98.219.123.7] 2017-12-17 12:18:48,296 INFO stats # 0 peers connected, state changed 1 times