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Yes you will need a power supply for the standard unit, if you have enough connections on the existing PSU it might be able to power both (but it seems like you bought the full version with a 200w psu). Personally I use server PSUs from Parallelminer, so a 750w unit powers 2 units. In terms of obtaining an IP, it does take some time to register. The Apollo makes it relatively easy to find since the name will pop up as FutureBit and not just some random set of letters or numbers. I have full version and hash board version.
Do I need another power supply for hash-only? I'm guessing that's a redundant question and the answer is yes. Don't know why I did not understand that on order. Probably because I saw the picture with 3 units daisy-chained together via USB. Pics are powerful and can override common sense, I guess.
More importantly, I obviously do not know what I'm doing.
Connected included power supply to full version, connected ethernet (wired straight to router - line is good). Pulled power from Router and rebooted it. THEN and only then, did I power up the Futurebit.
SPECTRUM is my provider - 300Mbps.
I see by the Ethernet Port's indicator lights on the FutreBit that it is "talking" to the router.
I cannot find an IP address for the FutureBit to set it up. There are NO "not-connected" devices listed on my Router gateway.
I do not have an HDMI monitor nor wired keyboard/mouse, so was relying on Ethernet connectivity @ router to setup.
I can find IP for everything else - wireless and wired - on my entire network.
Spectrum has obfuscated most settings by making you go through a phone ap now. Yes, I am using their equipment. Yes, I know I should tell them to shove it and buy my own, but that's another day.
Any suggestions beyond:
(1) getting another power supply for the hash-board only version (duh, I think)
(2) cannibalizing my 3 screen legacy desktop setup and buy a DVI - HDMI adapter and cheap-0 wired keyboard and mouse?
This is my first mining experience with anything. I have traded crypto for years - but the hardware side of things is a bit confounding to me.
Spectrum's router nonsense is very annoying as well. Used to be able to go in and easily do DHCP/Port forwarding, etc. - now that's difficult.
Thanks to whoever can help.
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How does this thing Mine SOLO??? And estimate when can 1 find a block? Makes .56? a day in pool...
Wouldn’t advise. At this low a hashrate, you’d have better luck winning the actual lottery than hitting a block. Not true. If your mining at 3TH/s (turbo mode) you have ~ a 1/340,000 daily odds of hitting a BTC block. Way better odds than the lottery, but of course the cash prize is "only" 200 grand  Will be adding a direct solo mine option to your node in the coming months. Any possibility of being able to add different pools for different hashboards if one has multiple standard units? I have 1 full package and 3 standard units, so 4 hashboards are all on one pool. Would be a cool option if I could direct 1 to a different pool/coin and the others to another. |
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How does this thing Mine SOLO??? And estimate when can 1 find a block? Makes .56? a day in pool...
Wouldn’t advise. At this low a hashrate, you’d have better luck winning the actual lottery than hitting a block. that is not exactly true. depends on what type of lottery. besides. if you simply set it and forget it for a while it will add up over time. this is all about mine and hodl my plan is to mine and hodl a coin for a year. while it does its thing as a full node. My response was whether to set it to solo mine, not pool mine. I have my 4 units setup on ViaBTC at the moment churning away. |
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How does this thing Mine SOLO??? And estimate when can 1 find a block? Makes .56? a day in pool...
Wouldn’t advise. At this low a hashrate, you’d have better luck winning the actual lottery than hitting a block. |
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Received my full package and 3 standard units last night. Ordered the non-PSU packages to save about $300. Hooked up with dual parallel miner PSUs (750w server PSUs, 2 Apollo units per). One of them had a small screw loose on the bottom that was rattling inside the package and one of them the front LED doesn’t seem to be working, the other 3 blink red to show that they’re bashing, one of them doesn’t. But up and running, kinda. Slow to start, one of them the hashboard kept on dropping on and off. Was about to open a ticket with support but since it was getting late, decided to just sleep on it and deal with it in the morning.
All seems ok now, getting around 10.5 TH on balanced mode @ 638 watts. I’ll let it run for a few days before I try ECO mode and Turbo mode. Never went into this thinking this would be a quick ROI, but it’s a fun little toy, great to support a US company, and have my kids learn about crypto as well. What would be great is if you could have different pools per unit. Wouldn’t mind having all 4 units pointed at variations of SHA-256 coins like one at BCH, one at DGB, etc. I know it would’ve been possible with 4 full package units operating independently of each other, but a full package with additional standard units, it would’ve been fun.
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Can’t wait for mine, ordered the full unit and 3 standalone ones. Planning on utilizing the several server PSUs I have laying around, so going without the psus saved me around $300.
Hope it’s as easy as just plugging in the usb cable and having all 4 units hash.
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Does anyone know of a legit website to purchase the gold shell kd5 at? Everything seams out of the country but paying with BTC?
I rather use my CC per not looking to get scammed.
Thanks
From Goldshell themselves, but only accept crypto for payment. |
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I am buying the full package I still have my 2 apollo ltc miners and I will now have 1 apollo btc miner.
Ordered one full package without power supply and 3 standard units. Happy to support the company and looking forward to daisy chaining 4 units together. |
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Very strange, I would expect it to work like other Innosillicon miners. I have my A9 hashing away on zergpool. Does it not allow you use a stratum and wallet address as your worker?
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Between price and shipping delays, I don’t think their ready for prime time yet. Had one on order, waited 15 weeks, then canceled. Each time I reached out they said it would ship in 2 weeks only to not have it ship out.
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has anyone been able to mine the new ravencoin algo with these cards?
I don’t have high hopes that it’ll do well on RVN. AMD was poor on x16r and from what I can see hash rate wise there’s not much different between x16r and x16r2. |
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I ended up buying the older F1, why?
The F1+ was $2199 + $240 in shipping, so $2439. The older F1 was $1,350 with free shipping. The older F1 I could run with a spare HP server power supply I have, the F1+ I’d have to buy a $200 or so 1300w PSU, so close to $2,700, so 2x the price for not 2x the hash power. Leaves me enough in pocket for other gear or a future update to the F1+, if and when it comes out. Power usage was similar when evaluating efficiency, but when calculating efficiency along with price efficiency, the F1 won out for me.
The efficiency is definitely the same as the hashing chips (the xilinx fpga) are the same exact modules, it's just that they decided to research new heatsinks and cram three hashboards in single tube miner versus the previous two hashboard and thus the f1+ was born. Thats assuring to me that the F1+ is improved but my hopes is that the F1 is still a viable option for the price. Having the lower cost allows me to evaluate whether a future F1+ or updated mode is in the plans for me personally with a much lower financial commitment and will allow me to either put the extra funds into a F1+, whether hosted or at home, invest in more GPU rigs, or just keep it in pocket. I’m wondering if noise wise, is there a difference between the two? Or is the noise attributed to the fan on the unit which is relatively the same dB wise? |
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I ended up buying the older F1, why?
The F1+ was $2199 + $240 in shipping, so $2439. The older F1 was $1,350 with free shipping. The older F1 I could run with a spare HP server power supply I have, the F1+ I’d have to buy a $200 or so 1300w PSU, so close to $2,700, so 2x the price for not 2x the hash power. Leaves me enough in pocket for other gear or a future update to the F1+, if and when it comes out. Power usage was similar when evaluating efficiency, but when calculating efficiency along with price efficiency, the F1 won out for me.
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how is zpool working out for you? Payout limit seems quite high - should I give it a go?
Well it’s slow, but most auto converting pools have a pretty high payout threshold. For 0.0025 BTC it’s going to take around 140+ days or so. I’m going into it with the thoughts that I’ll reach payout once every 180 days, any sooner and it’s a bonus. Received my unit on 8/29, I’m 8% to payout after about 14 days of mining (took a break for a few days to mine LTC on litecoinpool). I would say on average it’s about $0.15 a day at current prices give or take whether getting LTC on litecoinpool or converting to BTC on one of the auto converting pools. |
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Where can I find a list of scrypt coins that the futurebit can mine?
Pretty much all of them. I have one on zpool with auto swapping to BTC and there’s dozens of coins that it mines that I’ve never heard of. |
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Have mine up and humming away on zpool auto swapping to bTC with the include PSU. Any risk of getting another unit and powering both with my mining rig PSU (it’s a 1600W evga). That way I think I can reuse the smaller PSU for a future blackminer mini.
Also should I be pulling in power to both connections or just the one on the right?
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Might be a silly question, but shouldn’t the fan on top of the device be spinning? On my dashboard it’s reporting temperatures in the mid 60’s and the temperature of the board is in the 40’s but the fan on top isn’t spinning at all. Set at 40%, 60%, etc, it doesn’t spin. Should I be concerned?
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Got my Apollo setup mining to an auto switch pool of Scrypt to BTC. First payout of 0.0025 BTC should be reached in around 300 days, lol. Those obsessed with ROI would have a field day with this. I’m just enjoying the ride.
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Any way of plugging in a Moonlander into the USB port (either directly or through a hub) of the Apollo and have it mine as well? I have a spare Moonlander 2 and want to see if I can run it through the Apollo running.
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FYI Batch 2 in-stock units are now available to order for people that didn't want to do a pre-order. All new orders ship within 5 days.
shop.futurebit.io
Still haven’t received mine yet and the tracking number given is still showing pending pre-shipment. Is there anyway to check status? shoot me a PM or reply to your order email. Everyone should have delivery by now. Thanks! Showed up on my doorstep today, reminds me of the pre-Amazon prime days. Usps sure took their time. |
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