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Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread

on: February 02, 2019, 01:25:47 AM

Quote from: JohnnyCucuzza on February 02, 2019, 12:40:26 AM Can we run these in turbo mode yet? Has anyone tried? I tried turbo mode in the initial release to just play around with it, and it seemed to work fine for the short time I tested it. The only issue was that I only felt comfortable with the fan at 100%, and while it will keep the unit cool enough, the sound it makes does not give me a lot of confidence that the fan will last a long time at that speed. I keep mine in balanced mode with fan manually set to 20%.

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] FutureBit Project Apollo: Bringing ASIC Mining Back to the Home Miner!

on: December 02, 2018, 07:52:19 PM

Quote from: jstefanop on December 02, 2018, 07:06:08 PM Quote from: tromp on December 02, 2018, 12:10:39 PM Do you have any more details on the ASIC? How many scrypt cores are on there? Does each one use 128KB SRAM? Is it 14 or 28nm or something else? Did you design it yourself? Its 22nm and has 280 cores each ASIC. We beat innosilicon's 14nm chip at 22nm so should be interesting when we can get this chip down to 10-14nm That is awesome! I hope that you got a patent on the design. What was the size of the moonlander 2 chip?

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Pools (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] The First Litecoin PPS Pool (litecoinpool.org)

on: November 29, 2018, 05:12:10 AM

I noticed that there are some pools that are not small, but are not labeled in the hashrate distribution chart. Is there any way to discover what these pools are?

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] FutureBit Project Apollo: Bringing ASIC Mining Back to the Home Miner!

on: November 28, 2018, 02:23:46 AM

Can't wait to get it running with the difficulty the way it is. Any updates?!

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] FutureBit Project Apollo: Bringing ASIC Mining Back to the Home Miner!

on: November 20, 2018, 02:16:22 AM

Quote from: Mtcoiner on November 20, 2018, 01:48:59 AM Hello, am new here. Wondering if a new atx PSU will come with 6 pin PCI-E connectors? If not, what will I need to buy. Excited to get the Apollo. Could you post some links to PSU so the not so techy guys like myself know exactly what to buy? Thanks! I've been piecing this together but these are some links that someone else recommended and they seem to be great recommendations: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=HP+750W+Server+Power+Supply+HSTNS-PL18+506821-001+506822-201+511778-001&_sacat=0 and one of these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1200W-Breakout-Board-for-HP-PSU-GPU-Mining-Ethereum-ZEC-ZCASH-ETH-DPS-1200FB-QB/163036848758 PSUs will only use as much electricity as required for output. 750W would be good for up to three Apollos at full hash power. If you don't want a server PSU, make sure you get at least a gold rated PSU.

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] FutureBit Project Apollo: Bringing ASIC Mining Back to the Home Miner!

on: November 19, 2018, 01:03:34 PM

Quote from: jstefanop on November 18, 2018, 08:28:30 PM Quote from: devincrypt on November 15, 2018, 08:23:14 PM I was concerned about the cost of this and the recent falling price of Litecoin but read this from yesterday (MarketWatch link provided): "Another cryptocurrency named Litecoin is expected to again traction in the near future." Like all investments there are cycles of high/low, so hanging in there. https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/cryptocurrency-market-to-reach-us670-bn-by-2025-absence-of-third-party-intermediary-triggers-demand---tmr-2018-11-14 When I first launched the original Moonlander, it was when LTC was $2 after a high of $50 earlier in the year. Interesting that the Apollo is also launching in this bear market....just collect those coins, history always repeats itself Quick update on production, the sheet metal part of the case was delayed a bit due to our supplier being close to the Cali wild fires, and since it is Thanksgiving this week in the stats our production line is closed wed-fri so we are now looking at first shipping going out on the week of the 26th. Its been a longer journey than I anticipated to get here, but we are almost there and Im really proud of what we have accomplished with this device and hope you guys agree when you get your hands on them soon. In the meantime my Innosilicon A4+ is hashing away helping me to pay for my initial investment in Apollo!

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] FutureBit Project Apollo: Bringing ASIC Mining Back to the Home Miner!

on: November 13, 2018, 11:25:09 AM

I have my sd card, power supply, and breaker board all ready for it! I just need a good place to get two 6 pin to 6 pin connectors for the rig. Is there a good place to get them? I see a lot of 6 pin to 8 pin pci cables but I was not sure if those would be good enough. And thank you futurebit! The product is looking awesome!

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] FutureBit Project Apollo: Bringing ASIC Mining Back to the Home Miner!

on: October 03, 2018, 03:37:08 AM

What do you guys think of this PSU for the miner? https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-ATX-1953D-ATX-1956D-ATX-1956-B1-ATX-1956F/dp/B0107CIJP8?pd_rd_wg=o923z&pd_rd_r=248d0b3c-92ed-48ea-9d2d-37dd0f12bc64&pd_rd_w=cvCM7&ref_=pd_gw_simh&pf_rd_r=YCZQG8EYE7V5JH4GNH4N&pf_rd_p=b841581f-e864-5164-afa6-4c18a8348879

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Pools (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] The First Litecoin PPS Pool (litecoinpool.org)

on: August 06, 2018, 01:56:01 AM

Ive noticed that the share efficiency has been lower than normal recently. Is there a particular reason for that? Does it have to do with the variability in hash rate that we have been experiencing? Are there any planned updates to increase the share efficiency?

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Pools (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] The First Litecoin PPS Pool (litecoinpool.org)

on: July 26, 2018, 01:30:24 AM

Quote from: Searing on July 25, 2018, 04:32:44 AM Quote from: WaterTower on July 25, 2018, 01:00:08 AM That network hashrate has been bonkers lately. I really am starting to believe that bitmain is "testing" some new miners. What do you guys think? Likely...I got out of mine at 5,350 USD sold the equiv of 16 L3+'s with Bitmain PSU's ..and feel lucky I got that... but that was my bet...Bitmain being evil and all ..new equipment...thou if they are using the R3 chip like their USB hub miner there will not be THAT much of a hash increase...we will see but again I'm out (whew!) brad I actually just picked up an A4+ (becausse screw bitmain), and its been making a profit with low energy costs. But something is definitely funky...I saw bitmain tweet out today about a new transparency initiative. Its pretty laughable but we will see what happens in the next few months. I'll be mining until then!

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Pools (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] The First Litecoin PPS Pool (litecoinpool.org)

on: July 25, 2018, 01:00:08 AM

That network hashrate has been bonkers lately. I really am starting to believe that bitmain is "testing" some new miners. What do you guys think?

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Pools (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] The First Litecoin PPS Pool (litecoinpool.org)

on: July 15, 2018, 03:49:40 PM

Quote from: pooler on July 14, 2018, 08:52:29 PM Our profits may not be as big as our competitors', but we are fully aware that financial sustainability is of the utmost importance for a PPS pool. We try to maintain a reasonable "buffer" at all times, so that we can sustain relatively long periods of bad luck. Also I'd like to mention that, even though litecoinpool.org was never profit-oriented, it's always been one of my favorite projects. I've never given up on it just because there was a lack of profitability (and in over 6 years that happened quite a few times), and I still don't intend to. That is really great to hear! I love the community and litecoinpool, so I wanted to make sure that the project will continue well into the future. Keep up the fantastic work, pooler! I will be keeping my single A4+ here as long as I can do so profitably!

Alternate cryptocurrencies / Pools (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] The First Litecoin PPS Pool (litecoinpool.org)

on: July 14, 2018, 06:52:36 PM

Quote from: Searing on July 13, 2018, 06:37:08 PM Hey Pooler, I sold my 8,000mh of Bitmain L3's and L3+ scrypt-pow miners, so I'm off the pool. Thanks for the run. Back in the day I think I got as high as 25 on all time list and was 2 on the daily list for a while....I made 12,700 some LTC on your pool and should have kept them ALL.....(sigh) like 99.99998% or so of LTC holders, before April 2017 when LTC was $4.15 usd and below...I swap'd for BTC or spent it....alas... anyway, with Bitmain controlling about 51% of the pools for BTC and 90% of scrypt-pow miners that are still mining.. and soon will be at 51% for a lot of scrypt-pow coins like LTC, I doubt I will be back to scrypt-pow and LTC. Bitmain has a method where they will mine the summer, IMHO, with NEW EQUIPMENT, supposedly, at 3x the speed now and the same power, more or less and as a 4 month or so pre-order thus the game is they will further run the difficulty up 30% or more over the summer before you could even get their units..if this is the case (again IMHO) Thus with 90% of LTC miners and scrypt-pow now being Bitmain L3 and L3+ units...IF they all have to shut off...I really, really doubt I'm gonna play Bitmain's game and start from scratch with new units as a pre-order in the fall. Thus a lot of folk on your pool may move on unless some competitor comes in and stifles Bitmain...but alas it is looking a lot like 2014 when small fry BTC miners went the way of the dodo anyway, what I see coming down the pike this summer..so I took the $$$ and ran like heck! anyway, hopefully, I'm wrong..but my logic on what I see as MORE than a bit of 'centralization' on Bitmain's part of scrypt-pow and LTC at least for the next 6 months anyway, thanks for the pool...if it ever makes sense to come back ..I will simply fire up my account and start it up again brad I started mining with some moonlanders (totally not profitable with a high initial cost, but they were fun), but recently moved up to a Innosilicon A4+ and am pretty happy so far. Do you know for sure that there is a new machine coming out from Bitmain? Innosilicon seems to have the edge with hashrate efficiency for the time being, so its odd to see that Bitmain still is so dominant in the LTC space with their L3+. The difficulty seems to be pretty even lately, so what makes you think that Bitmain is up to their old tricks (and boy do they have a terrible reputation at that...). With the prices where they are, I assumed that the market is just saturated with machines and there isn't a huge incentive to come out with new hardware unless the price goes up a bit. Would love to hear more about your thoughts on it whole thing. Pooler, how is the state of litecoinpool in terms of financial stability? I am hoping that it is making a nice profit to help keep the lights on and you interested in continuing its development!

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