Topic: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread - page 22. (Read 50765 times)

Update: from John on X @jstefanop1:
”pool is still running on the backend...this is an issue with our front end stat engine that is tied with the miner, so when you turn it off the front end stats for solo pool disable as well.

Will be fixed in the 2.1 release”
https://x.com/jstefanop1/status/1821248823249007088?s=46&t=yqiPADlCRlmpYPKvZpyfrA

I'm still running my 1st generation apollo BTC, mostly for the node and solo pool functionality. I'm wondering if I turn the miner off and keep the node on, will the solo pool still work if I connect other miners to it? I have a few bitaxe miners that i've successfully connected to my apollo solo pool, and if i shut off the miner on my apollo BTC, the Solo Mining Page just says "Miner is Offline" and does not show any stats. My Bitaxe miners are still running, and according to their logs, they are receiving work and submitting shares that are getting accepted by the pool.

If the solo pool is still operating even when my apollo btc miner is turned off and node is on, then a helpful update to the apollo OS 2 would be to continue to display the solo pool stats page.

Our futurebit miners may age and become less efficient with their hashpower, but they are still very useful as a full node and solo pool.

Best Share is the highest difficulty your miners have solved. If the difficulty exceeds the network difficulty, then you have solved a block and could earn the block reward upon successfully broadcasting your result to the network and after another miner adds a block to yours. Accepted shares is how many shares of work your miners have submitted to your solo pool. If you have multiple miners connected to your solo pool, they will display in the Solo Mining users section and their respective shares submitted and best share result will show in that section.

Futurebit team has confirmed on e-mail:


Had I known this, I would never buy this device. Now, I have to use 24/7 or not at all. Cannot temperature or time control it. Once internet goes down or want it to idle, it just continues to burn full power forever.

Isn't the miner v2 for x86_64 just here?

https://github.com/jstefanop/Apollo-Miner-Binaries/tree/main/Apollo%20II/linux-x86_64

Or are you looking for something else?

By the way, jstefanop, the binaries for v1 are still not updated:

Correct and here https://github.com/jstefanop/apolloapi-v2/tree/main/backend/apollo-miner/bin

Thanks, where I can find this binary? Is it only in full node image file? And no x86_64?

Solo Mining is ON and

What do these numbers mean?

Best share: 964,790,372
Accepted shares: 1,016,905,108

Miner Page shows: 9.40 TH/s
SOLO Mining Page shows: 7.42 TH/s

the screenshot: https://ibb.co/wS8bnpf

PS:I still cannot upload images in my posts

I was also wondering about that and think it would be a neat little feature. Was also wondering whether anybody has actually successfully mined a block on their own Apollo II node and short of checking their wallet how did they know? I've been debating whether to point my entire arsenal at the Apollo II node or keep a few pieces split between other (pool/solo) destinations. I apologize if this has been asked before but I'm just wandering the road to wisdom - lol.

Cheers!

They use an apollo-helper binary to reset the device but I can't find it for x86_64 on Github.

So far, I have received no response from Futurebit team. I am still waiting for their reply how can I make Apollo II stop burning power and go idle.

Hey jstefanop,

Since late June I've been emailing you guys back and forth about getting a replacement fan for my original Apollo. I gave your support my order #, address, etc. and your support said they would create an invoice for me to get a new fan. I've been ghosted for almost a month waiting for a reply. I literally had the Apollo 2 in my cart just waiting to pull the trigger, but since my fan on my original is nearly dead, I won't do it until I can get that ready to have the Apollo 2 hooked up to it.

I'll send out another reminder email today (this will be the 2nd follow up) so please keep an eye out.

That would be awesome if you could. Even better would be that functionality baked into the UI 

That is exactly my point! I also want to look under hood. I want to see valid blocks mined in solo with Apollo II, and this can be demonstrated using regtest.
I have no doubt Apollo II does mine into pools, but there is no validation for solo.

May be a silly question but is with the solo mining feature, is there a way to confirm that you are actually mining (other than what the GUI shows you)? 

I scripted this functionality in bash, and currently using it for Apollo I, along with temperature control via external USB thermometer. It's been working like that for last two years. One miner is in a glass greenhouse, where it activates mostly at night/evening times. Another at home, also temperature controlled.

However, I am worried with current state of Apollo II - it does not stop burning power and mining even mining program is closed. I asked about this  a few posts up in the thread, as well as via customer support on Futurebit page. No reply yet. I hope they will be able to tell me how to stop Apollo II miner. If this is done, then I will be happy to share my scripts here with you and the community.

I now know what I want to do with Futurebit Apollo II.
I want to run a regtest and mine at the lowest difficulty as described here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-use-regtest-the-definitive-guide-5268794

I just want to be sure that I won't mess with Futurebit's OS, Node and Mining Software.

I too would like this functionality, would be great if it could be added to the UI

@ Nobody in particular ...

Just wanted to say that I'm pretty happy with my Apollo II full node so far. I've had it for several weeks now and have been working out a few issues here and there, but nothing I'd call real deal breakers by any means. I should be receiving the "partner box" (Apollo II Standard) tomorrow at some point and am looking forward to the added challenge of more heat dispersal at my local - lol. No air conditioning here my friends. But so far, so good - have managed to keep the Apollo II full node between 65c-70c with external fans and open windows (ECO Mode). I also have some r909 pod miners pointing to the node via the local network as well as a laughable Bitcoin Merch MARS LANDER V2 (which I don't recommend for many reasons +10). But they all certainly add to the room temperature. So, it will be interesting with the Apollo II Standard in the nest.

All in all, I think Futurebit has done a bang-up job! And with a fix or two for some of the little interface bugs such as the GraphQL 32bit errors and the node connection limit issues coming in future releases I couldn't be happier with the money I've spent. I'm strictly in this for the fun of playing the lottery and supporting the network - nothing more. I wish you guys/gals all the luck in the world as well.

BTW, I did upgrade my 1TB NVMe drive (node) to a 2TB NVMe drive about two weeks after it was already synced up. Because it took forever to sync in the first place I decided to buy an upgrade and clone the 1TB to the 2TB with a bit of adjustment to the 2TB partition to spread out the 1TB information into the expanded partition. It only took about 1:45 hrs for the whole process (format/clone/etc) and now I have a backup starting point on the original 1TB drive if I ever need it for a starting point again. Yeehaw!

Cheers!

Thank you very much for mind-opening explanation. I am so off with my perception of BTC mining.

So, unless I can manually reduce the difficulty level to 1, which I think is impossible, there is no point of mining "offline" to my node. Is it possible to make my node start from block 1, like the first one after the Genesis? With 5TH/s I think I can mine it prity fast

I don't want to mine with pools, there is no point of making a few hundred dollars or even thousands after 5 years. The reason I have purchased the Apollo is to support the network decentralization. However, I want to make sure my Apollo really does mine in solo. How can I look under the hood?

Thank you very much for your support!