Welp, progress.
After buying TWO of those Crucial P3 devices and having the exact same symptom (dead on boot, nothing coming out of the HDMI port??) I bought a Crucial *P2* M.2 and it booted up just fine! I formatted it and it's now syncing. Fingers are crossed...
Thank you for your help!
Topic: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread - page 29. (Read 47056 times)
October 21, 2023, 04:02:23 PM
October 20, 2023, 01:56:06 PM
peetee,
That is weird its not booting up? Do you get the gui? If yes you can launch terminal and try and debug your network config but no idea why that should have changed by swapping m2 drives. I guess make sure its seated firmly in the m2 slot? Are you sure network cable connection is good as well? Yeah obvious things but who knows.
I did switch my miner to eco mode until it was synced to keep temps down - i forgot to mention that.
Mine booted, got to the gui, I went to Settings, in the bottom lower right under Extra Settings I selected the Format Node NVME SSD and I was off and running - took a few days to finish synching.
That is weird its not booting up? Do you get the gui? If yes you can launch terminal and try and debug your network config but no idea why that should have changed by swapping m2 drives. I guess make sure its seated firmly in the m2 slot? Are you sure network cable connection is good as well? Yeah obvious things but who knows.
I did switch my miner to eco mode until it was synced to keep temps down - i forgot to mention that.
Mine booted, got to the gui, I went to Settings, in the bottom lower right under Extra Settings I selected the Format Node NVME SSD and I was off and running - took a few days to finish synching.
October 20, 2023, 01:39:26 PM
I was willing to give it a try for $42, but the device came and my system won't even boot with it installed. It boots with the older M.2 just fine.
I'm under the impression that all that is required is that I take out the old (working) M.2, replace it with the new one, then boot it up... I believe this is the procedure I followed the last time when I originally upgraded the 500GB M.2 to 1GB. No luck though.
Anyone know what might be going on here? The device is powered up but won't ask for an address using DHCP.
I'm under the impression that all that is required is that I take out the old (working) M.2, replace it with the new one, then boot it up... I believe this is the procedure I followed the last time when I originally upgraded the 500GB M.2 to 1GB. No luck though.
Anyone know what might be going on here? The device is powered up but won't ask for an address using DHCP.
October 18, 2023, 08:59:22 AM
Peetee,
I finally got around to upgrading my gen 1 to a 1TB drive 2 weeks ago and it synced fine.
I did enable the TOR option but I am thinking its your drive - they are so cheap I would probably try another - I used an M2 drive $42 on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B25LZGGW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
I finally got around to upgrading my gen 1 to a 1TB drive 2 weeks ago and it synced fine.
I did enable the TOR option but I am thinking its your drive - they are so cheap I would probably try another - I used an M2 drive $42 on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B25LZGGW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
October 15, 2023, 01:10:39 PM
Hi everyone, I have an issue with my gen 1 Apollo BTC. The node cannot seem to sync past ~459,000 blocks... the node stops (crashes?), and when I restart it it will pick up at around block ~458,000 and die again a short time later. Note that because this was a Gen1 device, I did swap out the M.1 for a 1T device at some point in the past. This node has NEVER synced through to completion. I've been mining on it successfully since I got it, as one of the early adopters from Futurebit.
What I've tried so far:
1. Reformatting the flash
2. Stopping the miner to give more breathing room (temperature) to the node
3. Restarting the node when it stalls
Nothing has worked so far. Please pardon me if this has already been discussed in this thread, but I didn't find it when searching this site nor have I gone through all 100+ pages to review all of the posts.
Any help is appreciated!
What I've tried so far:
1. Reformatting the flash
2. Stopping the miner to give more breathing room (temperature) to the node
3. Restarting the node when it stalls
Nothing has worked so far. Please pardon me if this has already been discussed in this thread, but I didn't find it when searching this site nor have I gone through all 100+ pages to review all of the posts.
Any help is appreciated!
October 09, 2023, 03:39:09 AM
A little beyond what I've done before, but I'm giving it a shot! When I use powershell or command prompt, I get "connection timed out" when using the IP of the miner. It's connected over Ethernet with ports 8333 and 3333 open. When I simply try to ping the IP address, it gives me request timed out with one "destination host unreachable".
Your device either has no Ethernet connection or you're using the wrong IP. You can hook up an HDMI monitor or check your DHCP server to see if the miner has an IP and if so, which one.I was actually able to finally connect to the pool by plugging the ethernet directly into the modem's router that also has the ports forwarded (I was incorrectly typing the IP into the command prompt for the SSH previously). What would you recommend I check on an Asus router's settings that may be causing the issue there, but not when plugged directly into the modem's router?
Thanks again!
You should only need 8333 forwarded, 3333 is an outgoing port for connecting to the pool, nothing should be coming into your network on that port unless you run a pool.
Sounds like you might have a double NAT problem if your modem is providing NAT and your Asus router is doing the same the incoming packets will get lost along the way.
This is getting into trickier network configuration than I would like to troubleshoot on a forum, but you need to either switch the isp's router into bridge or modem only mode, or put the asus in the DMZ on the ISPs router, or remove the ISP router and replace it with the Asus (if the Asus has the capability to do that), or remove the ASUS from the equation altogether if it can't.
If you have everything locked down on the ISP modem/router then I don't see why you would need the Asus to do the same thing.
October 06, 2023, 12:37:45 AM
Is FutureBit dead? Their last news post was back in April, just wondering.
I think so, the Futurebit LTC miner Thread is dead as a door knob
They're still around. At the moment they're prepping a new miner for release
October 05, 2023, 03:08:59 PM
A little beyond what I've done before, but I'm giving it a shot! When I use powershell or command prompt, I get "connection timed out" when using the IP of the miner. It's connected over Ethernet with ports 8333 and 3333 open. When I simply try to ping the IP address, it gives me request timed out with one "destination host unreachable".
Your device either has no Ethernet connection or you're using the wrong IP. You can hook up an HDMI monitor or check your DHCP server to see if the miner has an IP and if so, which one.I was actually able to finally connect to the pool by plugging the ethernet directly into the modem's router that also has the ports forwarded (I was incorrectly typing the IP into the command prompt for the SSH previously). What would you recommend I check on an Asus router's settings that may be causing the issue there, but not when plugged directly into the modem's router?
Thanks again!
October 05, 2023, 02:32:27 PM
Is FutureBit dead? Their last news post was back in April, just wondering.
I think so, the Futurebit LTC miner Thread is dead as a door knob
October 04, 2023, 06:34:40 PM
A little beyond what I've done before, but I'm giving it a shot! When I use powershell or command prompt, I get "connection timed out" when using the IP of the miner. It's connected over Ethernet with ports 8333 and 3333 open. When I simply try to ping the IP address, it gives me request timed out with one "destination host unreachable".
Your device either has no Ethernet connection or you're using the wrong IP. You can hook up an HDMI monitor or check your DHCP server to see if the miner has an IP and if so, which one. 
October 03, 2023, 03:34:04 AM
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Oh the only other thing I think is that kano might only allow futurebit miners on the solo part, so you might have to convert your account to a solo one to actually mine, but you can try the above troubleshooting steps with any other pool like ckpool or ViaBTC
Good luck
After we had properly tested them (since futurebit wouldn't do that)Oh the only other thing I think is that kano might only allow futurebit miners on the solo part, so you might have to convert your account to a solo one to actually mine, but you can try the above troubleshooting steps with any other pool like ckpool or ViaBTC
Good luck
I allowed them on solo or pplns.
September 29, 2023, 02:56:02 PM
Just set up my miner and it’s fully synced, but it won’t stay online. I keep thinking it has to be an issue with how I’m entering the pool info, but it’s pretty straightforward. The light in front is solid red for the most part but occasionally blinks fast and back to solid. I’m using Braiins Pool (or attempting to…). Any help/idea on what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
Have you tried any other pools?
I know that the FutureBit Apollo doesn't supoort Asicboost, and there is some sort of requirement for it in the Stratum V1-V2 proxy software they devopled. What I don't know is if they are using the proxy at
I'd try another standard pool, maybe kano or ckpool or viabtc and see if it works there.
I just signed up for Kano and input the pool and username info, but still the same issue where the Pools section shows an inactive status. When I first turned on the unit, it wouldn't stay online but kept going on and offline. I flashed the drive and didn't do the ubuntu update and it then showed the hashboard as active. I haven't flashed the NVME to re-download the blockchain but could that at all impact connecting to any pool?
Thank you for the suggestion!! I feel lost and like there's awkwardly no support so I appreciate it.
Hmm, maybe best to go back to basics.
How is the Apollo connected to your network? Wifi or Ethernet?
Have to tried SSH'ing into the box
ssh [email protected]
pwd: futurebit123
Then try to ping stratum.kano.is
Then try and traceroute stratum.kano.is
Then try and telnet stratum.kano.is 3333
(type quit to exit if you get a connection)
That will troubleshoot your miners network access to the pool.
Oh the only other thing I think is that kano might only allow futurebit miners on the solo part, so you might have to convert your account to a solo one to actually mine, but you can try the above troubleshooting steps with any other pool like ckpool or ViaBTC
Good luck
A little beyond what I've done before, but I'm giving it a shot! When I use powershell or command prompt, I get "connection timed out" when using the IP of the miner. It's connected over Ethernet with ports 8333 and 3333 open. When I simply try to ping the IP address, it gives me request timed out with one "destination host unreachable".
September 28, 2023, 10:53:53 AM
Just set up my miner and it’s fully synced, but it won’t stay online. I keep thinking it has to be an issue with how I’m entering the pool info, but it’s pretty straightforward. The light in front is solid red for the most part but occasionally blinks fast and back to solid. I’m using Braiins Pool (or attempting to…). Any help/idea on what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
Have you tried any other pools?
I know that the FutureBit Apollo doesn't supoort Asicboost, and there is some sort of requirement for it in the Stratum V1-V2 proxy software they devopled. What I don't know is if they are using the proxy at
I'd try another standard pool, maybe kano or ckpool or viabtc and see if it works there.
I just signed up for Kano and input the pool and username info, but still the same issue where the Pools section shows an inactive status. When I first turned on the unit, it wouldn't stay online but kept going on and offline. I flashed the drive and didn't do the ubuntu update and it then showed the hashboard as active. I haven't flashed the NVME to re-download the blockchain but could that at all impact connecting to any pool?
Thank you for the suggestion!! I feel lost and like there's awkwardly no support so I appreciate it.
Hmm, maybe best to go back to basics.
How is the Apollo connected to your network? Wifi or Ethernet?
Have to tried SSH'ing into the box
ssh [email protected]
pwd: futurebit123
Then try to ping stratum.kano.is
Then try and traceroute stratum.kano.is
Then try and telnet stratum.kano.is 3333
(type quit to exit if you get a connection)
That will troubleshoot your miners network access to the pool.
Oh the only other thing I think is that kano might only allow futurebit miners on the solo part, so you might have to convert your account to a solo one to actually mine, but you can try the above troubleshooting steps with any other pool like ckpool or ViaBTC
Good luck
September 27, 2023, 09:57:15 PM
Is FutureBit dead? Their last news post was back in April, just wondering.
They have a few recent posts on their X/Twitter account @FutureBit.
September 27, 2023, 04:39:27 PM
Is FutureBit dead? Their last news post was back in April, just wondering.
September 26, 2023, 03:01:23 PM
Just set up my miner and it’s fully synced, but it won’t stay online. I keep thinking it has to be an issue with how I’m entering the pool info, but it’s pretty straightforward. The light in front is solid red for the most part but occasionally blinks fast and back to solid. I’m using Braiins Pool (or attempting to…). Any help/idea on what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
Have you tried any other pools?
I know that the FutureBit Apollo doesn't supoort Asicboost, and there is some sort of requirement for it in the Stratum V1-V2 proxy software they devopled. What I don't know is if they are using the proxy at
I'd try another standard pool, maybe kano or ckpool or viabtc and see if it works there.
I just signed up for Kano and input the pool and username info, but still the same issue where the Pools section shows an inactive status. When I first turned on the unit, it wouldn't stay online but kept going on and offline. I flashed the drive and didn't do the ubuntu update and it then showed the hashboard as active. I haven't flashed the NVME to re-download the blockchain but could that at all impact connecting to any pool?
Thank you for the suggestion!! I feel lost and like there's awkwardly no support so I appreciate it.
September 26, 2023, 04:36:24 AM
Just set up my miner and it’s fully synced, but it won’t stay online. I keep thinking it has to be an issue with how I’m entering the pool info, but it’s pretty straightforward. The light in front is solid red for the most part but occasionally blinks fast and back to solid. I’m using Braiins Pool (or attempting to…). Any help/idea on what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
Have you tried any other pools?
I know that the FutureBit Apollo doesn't supoort Asicboost, and there is some sort of requirement for it in the Stratum V1-V2 proxy software they devopled. What I don't know is if they are using the proxy at
I'd try another standard pool, maybe kano or ckpool or viabtc and see if it works there.
September 20, 2023, 07:50:24 AM
Just set up my miner and it’s fully synced, but it won’t stay online. I keep thinking it has to be an issue with how I’m entering the pool info, but it’s pretty straightforward. The light in front is solid red for the most part but occasionally blinks fast and back to solid. I’m using Braiins Pool (or attempting to…). Any help/idea on what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
September 19, 2023, 03:36:33 PM
I'm in love with this full node+miner solution as a way to facilitate people contributing to both mining and running a node with its applications. Moreover, its 200W power consumption is pretty reasonable for home use, especially with a spouse supervising to avoid ugly, noisy devices.
Best wishes for the project so you can keep improving the User Experience.
Best wishes for the project so you can keep improving the User Experience.
September 19, 2023, 03:00:45 PM
Just received my Apollo and hooked it up, turned it on... as soon as I enter the "futurebit123" password the monitor enters power save mode and goes dark. Red light on the Apollo is blinking. Any ideas?
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