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John sorry to both you I just wanted to double check. 2 of my big miners are hosted with Compass Mining, when they ask for mining pool Stratum, all I need to give them is the IP address i used to login to my Apollo dashboard and just add :3333? So it would be something like  1xx.1xx.x.xx:3333 with my bitcoin address as username.

I have done this personally and here is what you can try.

Steps 1 -4 assume you are using home internet service where your IP address is dynamic and not a static IP

First step:
You will need to make sure you have port forwarding enabled on your router for port 3333 to go to the internal ip address of your Apollo.
You can find this by logging into the gui and clicking on the solo mining option it tells you the internal ip as well as that its port 3333.
(Some routers need a full reboot after setting this configuration)

Second step:
Find your public IP address you can use tools like whatismyip.com

Third step:
Tell Compass to use the stratum code stratum+tcp://YOURPUBLICIP:3333

You can tell the to use your bitcoinaddress.workername with a password of x

Once they do then you then should see your miners hashrate show up on your Apollo / ckpool.

Fourth step (Optional):
If you are using a dynamic IP address look to see if your router offers DDNS (Dynamic DNS) if so configure it with so that you can always route to your public ip in case it changes.

This is great! Thanks so much for your help!!! I am definitely not as advanced but no my way around. I use an eero router. DDNS is not enabled. Do I enable that, grab the domain they provide then that's what i give to compass? That way if the external IP changes, the domain always points to it.

You must enable port forwarding regardless!

Yes, if ddns is available, then 100% use the domain they provide with :3333 at the end.

Give Compass that ddns info as your stratum, but make sure you include the :3333 at the end of the ddns domain.
jr. member
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anyone know if there is a fix in place for this error yet? 
[GraphQL error]: Message: Int cannot represent non 32-bit signed integer value: 2793209866

I reached out to FutureBit support a month ago and they told me that a fix would go out that week, and then the week after that.  Still nothing.  They said I could just restart the miner, but I'd prefer not rebooting the miner every other day.
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John sorry to both you I just wanted to double check. 2 of my big miners are hosted with Compass Mining, when they ask for mining pool Stratum, all I need to give them is the IP address i used to login to my Apollo dashboard and just add :3333? So it would be something like  1xx.1xx.x.xx:3333 with my bitcoin address as username.

I have done this personally and here is what you can try.

Steps 1 -4 assume you are using home internet service where your IP address is dynamic and not a static IP

First step:
You will need to make sure you have port forwarding enabled on your router for port 3333 to go to the internal ip address of your Apollo.
You can find this by logging into the gui and clicking on the solo mining option it tells you the internal ip as well as that its port 3333.
(Some routers need a full reboot after setting this configuration)

Second step:
Find your public IP address you can use tools like whatismyip.com

Third step:
Tell Compass to use the stratum code stratum+tcp://YOURPUBLICIP:3333

You can tell the to use your bitcoinaddress.workername with a password of x

Once they do then you then should see your miners hashrate show up on your Apollo / ckpool.

Fourth step (Optional):
If you are using a dynamic IP address look to see if your router offers DDNS (Dynamic DNS) if so configure it with so that you can always route to your public ip in case it changes.

This is great! Thanks so much for your help!!! I am definitely not as advanced but no my way around. I use an eero router. DDNS is not enabled. Do I enable that, grab the domain they provide then that's what i give to compass? That way if the external IP changes, the domain always points to it.
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Activity: 626
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John sorry to both you I just wanted to double check. 2 of my big miners are hosted with Compass Mining, when they ask for mining pool Stratum, all I need to give them is the IP address i used to login to my Apollo dashboard and just add :3333? So it would be something like  1xx.1xx.x.xx:3333 with my bitcoin address as username.

I have done this personally and here is what you can try.

Steps 1 -4 assume you are using home internet service where your IP address is dynamic and not a static IP

First step:
You will need to make sure you have port forwarding enabled on your router for port 3333 to go to the internal ip address of your Apollo.
You can find this by logging into the gui and clicking on the solo mining option it tells you the internal ip as well as that its port 3333.
(Some routers need a full reboot after setting this configuration)

Second step:
Find your public IP address you can use tools like whatismyip.com

Third step:
Tell Compass to use the stratum code stratum+tcp://YOURPUBLICIP:3333

You can tell the to use your bitcoinaddress.workername with a password of x

Once they do then you then should see your miners hashrate show up on your Apollo / ckpool.

Fourth step (Optional):
If you are using a dynamic IP address look to see if your router offers DDNS (Dynamic DNS) if so configure it with so that you can always route to your public ip in case it changes.
newbie
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John sorry to both you I just wanted to double check. 2 of my big miners are hosted with Compass Mining, when they ask for mining pool Stratum, all I need to give them is the IP address i used to login to my Apollo dashboard and just add :3333? So it would be something like  1xx.1xx.x.xx:3333 with my bitcoin address as username.
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What would the power and frequency settings need to be in the custom Miner Modes setting option if I wanted something between ECO & Balanced? I just picked up an Apollo 2 Node and Standard to combine with the Apollo 1 standard.


Although this may or not be much help, it really depends on "how much" between (higher side or lower side of the in-between) of what your looking for. In other words, I've played with a few custom settings in the 40% - 45% power settings with a frequency between 40 - 45 and achieved what you may or may not be looking for. But you kind of have to experiment a little to fit your needs. Just don't max out the settings (it's too much for the system) and you'll be safe. Cheers!

Thanks so much I’ll give it a shot
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Result (i am not sure, whether I should update the kept back ones with "sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade" or not):
Note: The Ubuntu Pro ESM Apps nag message can be ignored IMHO or removed (see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452519/what-are-the-services-apt-news-and-esm-cache-and-how-do-i-disable-them/)

Code:
The following packages have been kept back:
armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi4-lts armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi4-lts-current armbian-config armbian-firmware armbian-jammy-desktop-gnome armbian-plymouth-theme armbian-zsh libharfbuzz0b linux-dtb-current-rockchip64 linux-image-current-rockchip64 linux-u-boot-orangepi4-lts-current python3-apport python3-problem-report python3-update-manager update-manager update-manager-core
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.


Can anyone please give me some advise on this?


I would assume you're not running headless and are using the Apollo via keyboard & Monitor which would indicate you're asking about upgrading the Linux OS on the Apollo. Yes? If so, don't. As I recall, Futurebit advises to NOT update the installed Ubuntu 22.04 OS. Now, if I'm wrong on this or misunderstood your question I apologize. But I would avoid any Ubuntu upgrades via "sudo" until Futurebit approves it. Just my opinion.
newbie
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What would the power and frequency settings need to be in the custom Miner Modes setting option if I wanted something between ECO & Balanced? I just picked up an Apollo 2 Node and Standard to combine with the Apollo 1 standard.


Although this may or not be much help, it really depends on "how much" between (higher side or lower side of the in-between) of what your looking for. In other words, I've played with a few custom settings in the 40% - 45% power settings with a frequency between 40 - 45 and achieved what you may or may not be looking for. But you kind of have to experiment a little to fit your needs. Just don't max out the settings (it's too much for the system) and you'll be safe. Cheers!
newbie
Activity: 41
Merit: 0
What would the power and frequency settings need to be in the custom Miner Modes setting option if I wanted something between ECO & Balanced? I just picked up an Apollo 2 Node and Standard to combine with the Apollo 1 standard.
newbie
Activity: 8
Merit: 0

Result (i am not sure, whether I should update the kept back ones with "sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade" or not):
Note: The Ubuntu Pro ESM Apps nag message can be ignored IMHO or removed (see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452519/what-are-the-services-apt-news-and-esm-cache-and-how-do-i-disable-them/)

Code:
The following packages have been kept back:
armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi4-lts armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi4-lts-current armbian-config armbian-firmware armbian-jammy-desktop-gnome armbian-plymouth-theme armbian-zsh libharfbuzz0b linux-dtb-current-rockchip64 linux-image-current-rockchip64 linux-u-boot-orangepi4-lts-current python3-apport python3-problem-report python3-update-manager update-manager update-manager-core
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.


Can anyone please give me some advise on this?
hero member
Activity: 1008
Merit: 960
Mempool.space is tracking futurebit blocks, 0 so far Smiley

https://mempool.space/mining/pool/futurebitapollosolo

Interesting, I would like to see at least one Apollo solving a block since the firmware hasn't been open sourced yet.

It would be quite demoralizing to know that all these mining efforts have been in vain if for some reason the firmware cannot handle a block with this high difficulty.

With closed source you just have to trust, unfortunately.
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Activity: 933
Merit: 175
Hey guys. Is there any problem with having the miner sitting on its side? It does seem to cool better when the bottom have more airflow.

I don't see any problem, been running like that for about 1.5 years and counting. Fan speeds are adjusted automatically, so if for any reason airflow is not as good as in any other position, then the fan will spin a little bit faster to compensate.
newbie
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Is this accurate?

How does this work and how reliable this info is?

Mempool.space is tracking futurebit blocks, 0 so far Smiley

https://mempool.space/mining/pool/futurebitapollosolo
newbie
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Merit: 0
Mempool.space is tracking futurebit blocks, 0 so far Smiley

https://mempool.space/mining/pool/futurebitapollosolo
newbie
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Merit: 0
FutureBit customer support just answered and advised to Format Node SSD.

After the format Node start running and syncing.

I now see the node being active and download the blockchain.

All good!


Yes, that is correct, the node will not run and I can not tell if its syncing still or there are some issues.

I tried start node several times even restart.

CPU, Temp and other specs look fine.

https://ibb.co/GHNPFtv
https://ibb.co/ZYDFw5f

How can I get more stats about the node?


Good to know. Thanks for the info update.
newbie
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FutureBit customer support just answered and advised to Format Node SSD.

After the format Node start running and syncing.

I now see the node being active and download the blockchain.

All good!


Yes, that is correct, the node will not run and I can not tell if its syncing still or there are some issues.

I tried start node several times even restart.

CPU, Temp and other specs look fine.

https://ibb.co/GHNPFtv
https://ibb.co/ZYDFw5f

How can I get more stats about the node?
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
Does anyone know the steps for generating a Bolt12 offer on the Apollo II full node, is it possible to do so?

you need a CLN node for that functionality which Apollo doesn't have as standard.
It might be added in the future?
Also your CLN needs a funded channel that has incoming and outgoing funds otherwise you won't get paid
You can easily setup a CLN node on a Pi 5 with Raspiblitz for example

newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
It has been 7 days since I got my Apollo 2 and the node is still not synced.

I have gigabit internet connection
using ethernet cable as connection
port forwarding for 8333 and 3333
ip reserved in my router
mining on ckpool on Medium settings

How long does it take for the Node to sync? How can I check how much of the blockchain has been downloaded?

https://ibb.co/0KrVmQw
Apollo Web OS v2.0.5


Maybe enable TOR mode as a test to see if it starts to sync. Then you will know you have a network issue
newbie
Activity: 7
Merit: 0
Yes, that is correct, the node will not run and I can not tell if its syncing still or there are some issues.

I tried start node several times even restart.

CPU, Temp and other specs look fine.

https://ibb.co/GHNPFtv
https://ibb.co/ZYDFw5f

How can I get more stats about the node?

Ok. Just a lousy hunch . . . but try re-seating your NVMe PCIe (node drive).  It may not be making an adequate connection.
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Activity: 215
Merit: 116
Why so serious?
Hey guys. Is there any problem with having the miner sitting on its side? It does seem to cool better when the bottom have more airflow.
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