IE is the only browser that supports the Java Plugin. Oracle Forms application front end for Oracle database runs on Java. Without java, none of our applications work. Hence, we have to use IE for our applications...
Without support for Java, we're totally stuck using IE. We're actually looking at moving off of Oracle to an open source solution for reasons like this...
Take a look at historical data on crypto prices at the beginning of the Chinese New Year. For the last few years at the start of the Chinese New Year crypto prices take a serious dump. They then rebound slowly, back to pre-selloff levels and higher after six to eight weeks...
I know you said that the addresses are the same but could it be one character off? Have you pasted both into notepad or something and done a stare and compare?
I know that with many wallets you have to have the entire blockchain downloaded in order of it to show your balance. Could that be why you don't see your payout?