Do NOT update the OS on the SBC. It will end up with you having to reflash the SD card.
The later units did ship with a 1TB version. I just bought my own 1TB SSD and sold the 500GB drive to offset the cost.
I have no idea if there is a donation/dev fee in the background, but my hashrate tallies up with what I'm getting pool side so it leads me to believe that the answer is No.
I'm in the UK too and bought this with the knowledge that it will never be profitable. No mining is profitable in the UK really, well at least not to any great degree. These are hobby miners really and to help the decentralisation.
Topic: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread - page 88. (Read 48658 times)
December 23, 2021, 10:51:56 AM
December 23, 2021, 05:10:33 AM
My BTC NODE : hard drive at 433 GB only 9.65% left ... I am assuming the 500 SSD will run out of space in a year. Did Futurebit get their calculations wrong? I see newer machines are shipping with 1TB SSD. What are we supposed to do?
Are we giving up 1% of our hash as donation to Futurebit? Someone has said this is the case. I usually donate 0.25% (1% is a bit high).
Is this confirmed? I know in the LTC version you can make a voluntary donation. With the BTC unit this option is hidden. Views please.
In the UK the BTC unit is NOT profitable. Rather loss making. Electricity costs are too high: the units are not efficient enough to run at profit.
Has anyone found something that these units can mine profitably? The LTC units are still profitable (thanks mainly to DOGE).
The computer's OS Linux prompts me to update. Should I update or not?
I don't want it to interfere with the FuturebitWebOs (recently updated).
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Are we giving up 1% of our hash as donation to Futurebit? Someone has said this is the case. I usually donate 0.25% (1% is a bit high).
Is this confirmed? I know in the LTC version you can make a voluntary donation. With the BTC unit this option is hidden. Views please.
In the UK the BTC unit is NOT profitable. Rather loss making. Electricity costs are too high: the units are not efficient enough to run at profit.
Has anyone found something that these units can mine profitably? The LTC units are still profitable (thanks mainly to DOGE).
The computer's OS Linux prompts me to update. Should I update or not?
I don't want it to interfere with the FuturebitWebOs (recently updated).
[Mod note: merged multiple posts]
December 22, 2021, 10:51:39 PM
For Question #5 What can we do with our Node?
Can we choose to designate our Node into a Lightning Network Node?
This will help us earn extra BTC and Devs can take a fee from it.
Can we choose to designate our Node into a Lightning Network Node?
This will help us earn extra BTC and Devs can take a fee from it.
Hey there, LN node operator here! Don't expect to make any significant amount of money from routing LN payments.
I am quite sure you can install lnd or c-lightning on the Apollo (don't have mine yet), and you should definitely do it, it always helps! But payments are meant to be cheap, so users usually pay 1 satoshi per hop, some node operators even run their nodes fee-less.
A payment takes a max. of 10 hops in my experience, so you're looking at 'locking in' millions of satoshis in channels just to gain a few (single-digit amounts we're talking about) satoshis in fees. So you won't really 'earn BTC' - you'd earn more Bitcoin working 1hr as a waiter and buying BTC with the money you got there
(rough calculation: 10$ ~ 20KSat)Thanks! Was wondering if I get in early and setup a lighting node and then overtime as transaction volume grows for BTC that it would be worth it.
any updates on this? im curious and interested in running a lighting network node, i want to make the most out of my apollo
December 22, 2021, 01:21:12 PM
@jstefanop: This can't be correct:
Because one of the Miner ist always on LAN, an when i connect to LAN or Wifi IP Adress, there is always this "internal message error"
Gr€€tz Biosman
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Yea internal error usually has to do with no network connection, so your wifi is probably not connecting. Make sure you connecting to 2.4GHz network instead of 5 for better range
Because one of the Miner ist always on LAN, an when i connect to LAN or Wifi IP Adress, there is always this "internal message error"
Gr€€tz Biosman
This is because both interfaces are left "on" by the linux system when you use both LAN and wifi... the Web UI does not know how to deal with that currently. You need to log into the system via a monitor, and turn off the interface you are not using (drop down on the upper right corner of the desktop).
December 22, 2021, 12:53:07 PM
I seen a standard unit on eBay with a broken usb c port what would it take to get that repaired?
any answer to this? i have one with the same issue. emailed futurebit about it but haven't heard anything yet. i know they are busy getting batch 3 orders out.You can email and well set up a RMA repair for it, but it will probably be cheaper and faster turnaround to go to a local computer repair shop that can just solder it back on in 5 minutes...(pretty easy to do it yourself as well if you know how to solder).
December 21, 2021, 08:43:02 PM
I seen a standard unit on eBay with a broken usb c port what would it take to get that repaired?
any answer to this? i have one with the same issue. emailed futurebit about it but haven't heard anything yet. i know they are busy getting batch 3 orders out. December 20, 2021, 04:52:38 PM
@jstefanop: This can't be correct:
Because one of the Miner ist always on LAN, an when i connect to LAN or Wifi IP Adress, there is always this "internal message error"
Gr€€tz Biosman
Quote
Yea internal error usually has to do with no network connection, so your wifi is probably not connecting. Make sure you connecting to 2.4GHz network instead of 5 for better range
Because one of the Miner ist always on LAN, an when i connect to LAN or Wifi IP Adress, there is always this "internal message error"
Gr€€tz Biosman
December 20, 2021, 04:21:58 PM
if i have 4 units, will a 1800w bitmain apw7 power supply be okay to use? I have a couple extra and want to eliminate the individual 200w supplies. just want to make sure nothing gets fried and it's compatible. thanks!
Should be fine. The APW7 has PCIe power leads, two per Apollo and you're good to go.
December 20, 2021, 04:04:26 PM
if i have 4 units, will a 1800w bitmain apw7 power supply be okay to use? I have a couple extra and want to eliminate the individual 200w supplies. just want to make sure nothing gets fried and it's compatible. thanks!
December 20, 2021, 12:10:13 PM
After Update to v3.2 (all via LAN-cable) there is on every Full-Node Machine, following message:
I own:
- One single Full-Node
- Two Full-Node with 2 USB-Devices
What does it mean?
The single Full-Node is connected via LAN, everyhing is fine
The other two are connected via Wifi, its seems to work, but i can't reach Miner via Wifi anymore, but Wifi is good. Via LAN no problem.
In System Info it shoes me:
But the Front lights of machine show me blinking: work is fine
Where is the problem?
I can connect to my Wifi, but after using the "Wifi-IP", nothing works. After reboot in System-Info is always: No active Wifi
Greetz Biosman
PS: Maybe the wifi-antenna is to weak, i put it a little bit out of machine, is there a possibility to make it longer or to change it? The single Fullnode-Miner with LAN is directly to the router, i can connect dashboard with Wifi no problem. The other machines are not fare away. Amazon_Fire_Stick for TV, MobilePhone etc. all works fine, but not Dashboard via Wifi
Quote
There is a problem fetching system stats (Internal error)
I own:
- One single Full-Node
- Two Full-Node with 2 USB-Devices
What does it mean?
The single Full-Node is connected via LAN, everyhing is fine
The other two are connected via Wifi, its seems to work, but i can't reach Miner via Wifi anymore, but Wifi is good. Via LAN no problem.
In System Info it shoes me:
Quote
Active wifi: No active wifi
But the Front lights of machine show me blinking: work is fine
Where is the problem?
I can connect to my Wifi, but after using the "Wifi-IP", nothing works. After reboot in System-Info is always: No active Wifi
Greetz Biosman
PS: Maybe the wifi-antenna is to weak, i put it a little bit out of machine, is there a possibility to make it longer or to change it? The single Fullnode-Miner with LAN is directly to the router, i can connect dashboard with Wifi no problem. The other machines are not fare away. Amazon_Fire_Stick for TV, MobilePhone etc. all works fine, but not Dashboard via Wifi
Yea internal error usually has to do with no network connection, so your wifi is probably not connecting. Make sure you connecting to 2.4GHz network instead of 5 for better range.
December 19, 2021, 01:09:18 PM
After Update to v3.2 (all via LAN-cable) there is on every Full-Node Machine, following message:
I own:
- One single Full-Node
- Two Full-Node with 2 USB-Devices
What does it mean?
The single Full-Node is connected via LAN, everyhing is fine
The other two are connected via Wifi, its seems to work, but i can't reach Miner via Wifi anymore, but Wifi is good. Via LAN no problem.
In System Info it shoes me:
But the Front lights of machine show me blinking: work is fine
Where is the problem?
I can connect to my Wifi, but after using the "Wifi-IP", nothing works. After reboot in System-Info is always: No active Wifi
Greetz Biosman
PS: Maybe the wifi-antenna is to weak, i put it a little bit out of machine, is there a possibility to make it longer or to change it? The single Fullnode-Miner with LAN is directly to the router, i can connect dashboard with Wifi no problem. The other machines are not fare away. Amazon_Fire_Stick for TV, MobilePhone etc. all works fine, but not Dashboard via Wifi
Quote
There is a problem fetching system stats (Internal error)
I own:
- One single Full-Node
- Two Full-Node with 2 USB-Devices
What does it mean?
The single Full-Node is connected via LAN, everyhing is fine
The other two are connected via Wifi, its seems to work, but i can't reach Miner via Wifi anymore, but Wifi is good. Via LAN no problem.
In System Info it shoes me:
Quote
Active wifi: No active wifi
But the Front lights of machine show me blinking: work is fine
Where is the problem?
I can connect to my Wifi, but after using the "Wifi-IP", nothing works. After reboot in System-Info is always: No active Wifi
Greetz Biosman
PS: Maybe the wifi-antenna is to weak, i put it a little bit out of machine, is there a possibility to make it longer or to change it? The single Fullnode-Miner with LAN is directly to the router, i can connect dashboard with Wifi no problem. The other machines are not fare away. Amazon_Fire_Stick for TV, MobilePhone etc. all works fine, but not Dashboard via Wifi
December 17, 2021, 05:38:37 PM
December 17, 2021, 12:28:14 PM
I left mine updating last night, but it wasn't mining this morning, restarted the miner to no avail, in the end it needed a system restart to sort itself out.
I needed to do this as well but was fine after the reset
Yea if you're having any issues after the update, a reboot will fix it. Some system services that run the miner won't restart properly depending on where you initiated the update from.
December 17, 2021, 07:45:42 AM
I left mine updating last night, but it wasn't mining this morning, restarted the miner to no avail, in the end it needed a system restart to sort itself out.
I needed to do this as well but was fine after the reset
December 17, 2021, 04:40:21 AM
I left mine updating last night, but it wasn't mining this morning, restarted the miner to no avail, in the end it needed a system restart to sort itself out.
December 16, 2021, 09:17:59 PM
Hi Jstefanop, thanks for this new release.
When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.
When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.
Priority in the coming months will be getting the App ecosystem up an running (block explorers, lightning, etc). There are already good solo pools you can direct your miner too for solo mining, but will continue work on it next year.
This is what I want to hear!
Any rough ETA for this?
December 16, 2021, 05:19:35 PM
Hi Jstefanop, thanks for this new release.
When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.
When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.
Priority in the coming months will be getting the App ecosystem up an running (block explorers, lightning, etc). There are already good solo pools you can direct your miner too for solo mining, but will continue work on it next year.
December 16, 2021, 03:41:22 PM
Hi Jstefanop, thanks for this new release.
When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.
When do you plan to release the solo mining feature on the Apollo? Are you able to give us a forecast?
Thank you.
D.
December 16, 2021, 12:27:22 PM
Thanks for the update! Finally all 3 of my units are hashing together now lol, will post an update in a few days if any stability issues arise after the update
December 16, 2021, 04:58:41 AM
The update went thru without any issue...Miner and node working perfectly...Thank you once again to Jstefnop and crew for the awesome job...and yes looking forward to my two new miners soon to come...woohoo exited 
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