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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread on: May 23, 2022, 06:30:49 PM
I am trying to install a UPS monitoring software from CyberPower, they have linux versions but I am geetting an error about architecture. Could somneone please guide me on how to install it ? Here is the link to the software download page. Thank you in advance.

https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/software/power-panel-personal/powerpanel-for-linux/

I don't see anything related to architecture other than 32-bit and 64-bit. As they don't specify, the packages are most likely compiled for x86 architectures. The Apollo CPU is ARM based. The error messages would tell you specifically.

It doesn't appear to be open source. You could contact support, and see if they would supply an ARM version.

Another option would be to run the monitor on a different platform, and remotely shut down attached ARM based systems from there.



Thank you for the reply. I am a new to Linux and don't know my way around, I do have the monitoring software running on a windows 11 pc connected to the same ups as the Apollo so if there is a way to send a shutdown comand to the Apollo in case of a power page  it would be perfect but I would need a lot of guidance. Thank you  🙏🙏
2  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: May 21, 2022, 11:48:51 PM
@Jstefanop

I am trying to install a UPS monitoring software from CyberPower, they have linux versions but I am geetting an error about architecture. Could somneone please guide me on how to install it ? Here is the link to the software download page. Thank you in advance.

https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/software/power-panel-personal/powerpanel-for-linux/
3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread on: May 21, 2022, 11:23:44 PM
I am trying to install a UPS monitoring software from CyberPower, they have linux versions but I am geetting an error about architecture. Could somneone please guide me on how to install it ? Here is the link to the software download page. Thank you in advance.

https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/software/power-panel-personal/powerpanel-for-linux/
4  Bitcoin / Hardware / Apollo full node UPS SETUP on: March 07, 2022, 11:38:13 PM
Did anyone successfully installed a UPS that could shut down the node properly in case of a power outage and if yes, how?
5  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: March 02, 2022, 02:14:19 AM

Edit: I think my brother figured it out, DMZ was enabled and the FutureBit was the only thing on that list, maybe that's how they're getting in?

Assuming you have a consumer-grade router with DMZ enabled, your Apollo was likely compromised in seconds than minutes!
Never ever put any device in such a DMZ without knowing what you are doing. (Such consumer-grade DMZs have most likely every port open - from SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, every port from 0 to 65535 ...)

So, it seems your brother figured it out! Good! Remove Apollo from DMZ and back in the LAN where it should belong firsthand.

Reset the Apollo to factory defaults and start hashing without any more disturbance.



how to reset to factory defaults ??
6  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 27, 2022, 12:38:06 PM
So to be clear, I REPEAT, the only forwarded port is 83333
First of all, why are you doing that? It's not required to forward that port to run a full node.

The password change did not stop the pool switching, the only thing it stopped it was making that config file read only so there is something in the software that tries to change the pool.
Of course, if someone planted a script on your machine that periodically goes to the config file and changes the pool settings, changing password doesn't help, because they're already inside.

I am myself considering installing my own Linux distro on mine & connecting the Apollo 'to itself' using a short USB-A => Micro-USB cable, in light of these vulnerability reports. Had no issues with it so far, though.

In the setup guide it is mentioned to forward port 83333 to have maximum node connections....I did what it says there...I am no Linux expert so I followed the guide...
7  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 27, 2022, 08:25:50 AM
If anyone is interested in buying a full node+psu at an extremely discounted price, message me.

I have absolutely no desire to be apart of FutureBit with the obvious coding flaws that's allowed some sort of exploit through that's caused a great deal of us to all experience the same exact thing.

I'm currently mining 7 different coins with a dozen or so different miner manufacturers, Helium, a couple weather stations, GEOD navigators, etc... this is the only product I own I truly feel has a potential to completely compromise my entire network by the obvious back doors on these units.

First 400 takes it, it's less than 2 weeks old, I'll even throw in free expedited shipping.

Let's stop with the fear mongering please. Only you and one other person has reported this, and support has been in touch with one of you. Its been determined the issue is because you guys chose to expose your Apollo to the whole internet for anyone to attack. This akin to leaving your Bitcoin wallet on a table outside, publicly yelling out your address and telling everyone come and take it.

The issue is with forwarding our webUI to the open internet. The webui is not a server grade hardened frontend, its designed for easy access and control of your Apollo from your LAN. While you can forward your WAN port 80 so you can bring your UI up from any and device/place what you are doing is essentially hosting it as a public web page that anyone can try to attack, and this is precisely what happened.

Simply remove those port forwards and you will be fine(or go through the process of turning your Apollo into a hardened server grade web server). If you really want to be able to access your Apollo from outside your LAN in an easy and more secure way, then setup a remote access app directly in the desktop environment.


I had issues with the pool switching and I have replaced the root and dashboard password, I ONLY have port 83333 forwarded but after I made the miner_config file READ ONLY I have no more issues, still I think the issue is not outside the network but inside the futurebit os or Ubuntu.  I will be happy to send you logs to see if you can find anything suspicious but I will need instructions on how to do it. So to be clear, I REPEAT, the only forwarded port is 83333 and I have replaced the root password after I have noticed the issues with the pool which started after i turned the miner on after it fully synced the bitcoin node. The password change did not stop the pool switching, the only thing it stopped it was making that config file read only so there is something in the software that tries to change the pool. Now the fact that it happened on 2 Apollo units, mine is a week old, i think it cannot be a coincidence....I would like the manufacturer to look more into this please....
8  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 25, 2022, 05:08:49 PM
update on my end.    i thought i had it figured out.   but i woke up this morning and was wrong.....   so i reflashed, setup a totally different vlan than it was on, added it on a totally different wifi network instead of the same ether connection it was on before, setup the pool and password on startup, clicked on settings and users and changed the main password to one that is different from default and different than my dashboard login, fired it up, working great, temps around 45 and 62, ran great for 5-8 hours, woke up, changed back to slushpool and topminer01.........(i have tried using multiple pools, keeps reverting back to topminer01 on slushpool)    is there something i'm missing?  is there a different system password that someone could be accessing to get into it and change everything?  i'm at a loss at this point.....  

Where did you buy it?

from futurebit.  one full node and 3 standard units.  

OK just wanted to rule out third party tampering before you got it.

What pool are you using? Have you tried other pools?

yep i've used multiple.  i am not currently using slushpool however.  its so strange, i go through all these steps.  it runs fine on the pool i set, then at random it will go back to this topminero1 workername on slushpool as others have seen.  with reflashing and all that and setting the default pool to something totally different, i just can't understand how it keeps changing without some sort of a compromise or something.  like i said, after yesterday, it had a new network, new ip, isoloated from anything else in my network, all the passwords on the unit that i know of changed, unless there's more i don't know about or some kind of a virus or bug or something....

Please check your private messages. I have sent you a private message.
9  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 25, 2022, 04:19:33 PM
@jstefanop.... Why no answer to the pool issue....? I have sent you a private message about this also....😩
10  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 265 blocks solved! on: February 25, 2022, 04:59:54 AM
Hello, is there a way to get notified over email if you hit a block?? It would be a nice feature. Thank you.

There are apps that will alert you on your phone if that helps

Could please give me more info? Thanks.

Actually to be fair I'm not sure they work alerting for block finding since ckpool went solo.

But the apps I know of that work with ckpool are:

Apple: Ckpool Stats - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ckpool-stats/id1076177533
Android: CheckPool - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexdib.miningpoolmonitor

I've never found a solo block here so tbh I don't know if they do what you want. But some others have come up with good solutions based on wallet alerts.

If you want to do wallet alerts, you can also use Sentinel on Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samourai.sentinel


Thank you very much.
11  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 24, 2022, 10:35:50 PM
The temperatures are low because the Apollo sits on 2 big fans, the reason for that is overheating, especially in turbo mode. So low temps are because of that not because of the board. The issue is that somehow the miner resets to the slushpool with usename Topminer1 which is not even the default one with username Futurebit so something is fishy, it is interesting we are not getting a reply from the manufacturer....someone left a backdoor and is playing with us newbies ...Sad( Angry

I feel the same way, I've reflashed, made sure the SSD is seated well, used a USB cable to see if the hashboard was bad absolutely nothing wrong with it, temps are in a great range - I even went as far as putting it in ECO mode... after about an hour I get the notification that my miner was disconnected, log back into the dashboard to see the pool settings are once again changed..

What's odd, is it's completely random times when this happens, the first 7 days were flawless mining and then randomly on the 8th day it started changing the pool settings - again sometimes it'll be hours, then sometimes I have to sit there and change the pool settings 5 times within an hour - reboot - let the node start - start miner (sometimes have to click start 5-10 times before it'll become active to where the dashboard pops up) start hashing and then be fine and connected to my pool for 10+ hours..

Makes absolutely no sense other than a back door or something.
I have the same behavior but mine never worked for more than a day....I have locked the pool config file to see what happens....I'll get back

let me know if this is working for you  and if so give a description of how you went about it please.  thanks!

Will do.
12  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 24, 2022, 08:03:55 PM
The temperatures are low because the Apollo sits on 2 big fans, the reason for that is overheating, especially in turbo mode. So low temps are because of that not because of the board. The issue is that somehow the miner resets to the slushpool with usename Topminer1 which is not even the default one with username Futurebit so something is fishy, it is interesting we are not getting a reply from the manufacturer....someone left a backdoor and is playing with us newbies ...Sad( Angry

I feel the same way, I've reflashed, made sure the SSD is seated well, used a USB cable to see if the hashboard was bad absolutely nothing wrong with it, temps are in a great range - I even went as far as putting it in ECO mode... after about an hour I get the notification that my miner was disconnected, log back into the dashboard to see the pool settings are once again changed..

What's odd, is it's completely random times when this happens, the first 7 days were flawless mining and then randomly on the 8th day it started changing the pool settings - again sometimes it'll be hours, then sometimes I have to sit there and change the pool settings 5 times within an hour - reboot - let the node start - start miner (sometimes have to click start 5-10 times before it'll become active to where the dashboard pops up) start hashing and then be fine and connected to my pool for 10+ hours..

Makes absolutely no sense other than a back door or something.
I have the same behavior but mine never worked for more than a day....I have locked the pool config file to see what happens....I'll get back
13  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 24, 2022, 05:53:05 PM
The temperatures are low because the Apollo sits on 2 big fans, the reason for that is overheating, especially in turbo mode. So low temps are because of that not because of the board. The issue is that somehow the miner resets to the slushpool with usename Topminer1 which is not even the default one with username Futurebit so something is fishy, it is interesting we are not getting a reply from the manufacturer....someone left a backdoor and is playing with us newbies ...Sad( Angry
14  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 265 blocks solved! on: February 24, 2022, 05:49:00 PM
Hello, is there a way to get notified over email if you hit a block?? It would be a nice feature. Thank you.

There are apps that will alert you on your phone if that helps

Could please give me more info? Thanks.
15  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 24, 2022, 05:46:28 PM
I am in the same situation, how to edit the default pool config file to eliminate the factory settings??

It seems like someone figured out a way to exploit the FutureBit, there's nothing I can pinpoint in any of the files available on the FutureBit that were edited for the miner to keep switching to some person's miner.

I locked the pool config file, let's see if it happens again ...
16  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 24, 2022, 04:55:51 PM
I am in the same situation, how to edit the default pool config file to eliminate the factory settings??
17  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 24, 2022, 04:32:54 PM
I'm absolutely clueless on why my miner will mine flawlessly for days, then I'll have days where it disconnects 100+ times, what's going on?

Also, every single time it disconnects it changes my pool to - stratum+tcp://stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.slushpool.com:3333 and the username to Topminer.01 with a password of X

It almost seems like my miner is compromised because it makes no sense on why it reverts to some random slushpool account, I've tried to mine on over 10 different pools and it'll mine great for 1-3 days then I'll experience the same exact thing where it just stops mining, changes the pool back to slushpool and restarts itself.. It DOES connect to this slushpool and it hashes.. but I can't login to the slushpool website and find that Topminer.01 at all, it seems like someone is stealing my hashes.

Sounds like your network or another device on your network is compromised. I would try reflashing your SD card to stock, if you still see it happening then someone is gaining access to your Apollo through another device on your network.

You can also change the default account/ssh password on your Apollo as well using the UI settings (we will have the dashboard password apply as the system password automaticly for additional security in the next update).


I have been having the same issue.  I'm going to try and reflash. and see what happens.

Also had the same issue. I have just placed the Apollo over 2 big fans and the temp in turbo is around 40-42C and the board stays at 62-63C, big difference from before. Tha hash rate is also aroun 3.07Gb. It seems to be stable for now so I think the temperature is the issue.


 External USB fans under the Apollo is the way to go! My temps arethe same range as yours in turbo mode.

Correct. I suspected the temp as the issue but I wasn't 100%, I will see in a couple of days I guess....

Mine has been running with the fan under it for two weeks, Apollo on Turbo no stop.


I'm almost certain that's exactly what the issue is, when it reaches critical temps it must have some sort of built in fail safe that reverts a portion of your settings, I'm assuming.

Or, my network could be compromised, there have been a few people in this thread that have asked if anyone has had issues with DPN (The Deeper Network) I'm hoping someone hasn't figured out a way to use the tunneling services DPN offers, but the log they provide is pretty detailed as far as traffic and nothing seems out of the ordinary, I'm really hoping it's just a heating issue.

Edit: I forgot to ask, I switched from WiFi to ethernet and now I'm getting a "There is a problem fetching system stats (Internal error)" to where I can't see my temps ETC - up at the top on the dashboard.. any suggestions? please don't say reflash again, LoL!

I have had external fans on my setup for months, temps have been in the 40's.  this issue with the pool automatically changing just started within the last week.  I have relflashed and changed passwords.  it ran for a few hours and then automatically changed to that same slushpool address and topminer01.  I don't think this is a temp issue........  not really sure what is going on.  i just shut mine down until there is a resolutions.  i'm not letting my unit run while someone else is getting the perks from it.....

I am experiencing the same thing, this is a week old Apollo and it keeps reverting to the slush pool with user Topminer.1. This is not a coincidence. The temperatures are low so something else is happening .....please help us fix this !!!!
18  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 265 blocks solved! on: February 24, 2022, 02:46:40 AM
Hello, is there a way to get notified over email if you hit a block?? It would be a nice feature. Thank you.

You can just run a cron job that runs every minute or so that fetches the latest stats from ckpool and the current difficulty from an explorer like mempool.space and then compare your best share with the current difficulty.

If your best share is larger than current difficulty, then you probably hit a block, so send an email.

Thank you, but this sounds incredibily technical for my knowledge, I know a thing or two but your reply just went over my head. 😩😩
19  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread on: February 24, 2022, 02:23:21 AM
nice !!! I hope I will get the same performance.
20  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 265 blocks solved! on: February 24, 2022, 02:12:12 AM
Hello, is there a way to get notified over email if you hit a block?? It would be a nice feature. Thank you.
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