Well, mostly because we don't have access otherwise.  I live in a fairly populated area and to this day, after 8 years, I can't find anyone that will supply or fix small electronics.  Just sad, but, on the other hand its forced me to learn how to diy

I hear ya, its hard to ignore the call, isn't it?   Damned mining bug!

I understand you point and agree with most of it.  My point was more toward getting the production numbers substantially increased to not only get them into more hands but to get rid of the buying restrictions already being put in place.

When you say "same usb board" I'm going to assume you mean the same instance of bfgminer.  Or, in other words, have them all run together in the same mining window.  Yes, its very possible.  Just use the " -S MLD:all" command.  There are many examples of how to set up your .bat script on the forum.  The best one I've found is from the how to guide put together by Eyeboot " https://www.eyeboot.com/download/Futurebit-Moonlander-2-Scrypt-Asic-USB-Miner/MOONLANDER2-USB-Setup-Guide.pdf?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_TYtIt5yNnfcBFQwp4MHH2el_7ThZQtcYCDo8kyMo1N8-1630547739-0-gqNtZGzNAjujcnBszQhl"

Your second question is easily answered; there is no plan to continue but they could if more chips become available.  The project owners have moved on to bigger things including another new project coming out at the end of September.  Check out Futurebit.io for more info

First, the one thing you should not be doing is mining directly to anything other than your own wallet address.  Using a coinbase address is risky at best.  Scrypt mining is scrypt mining so its got nothing to do with the address.  BFGminer also has nothing to do with your address being rejected.  It has everything to do with what address you're trying to input.  You may just have to mine to a litecoin address and exchange to the coin you actually want.  Some projects are just not supported.  Sorry, but that's the nature of crypto.  It's a pain in the arse and pretty much everyone has a story about how many freakin' wallets they've had to download and build just to mine the coin.  Trust me, its been done and its how its almost always done to make it work.  Its the reason most exchanges exist.

Thanks for your updates John, its much appreciated for those of us that have followed you for quite some time.  Having said that I have to raise an issue with your outgoing email regarding the announcement of Batch 3.  I'm not a big investor, I have excretionary funds available once in a while, but being told that I can't order a unit because I may have ordered one from the last batch is completely and arbitrarily stupid.
If I want to buy one I will.  If I can afford to buy one I will.  Not everyone can and I understand that but -- and here's the big problem-- WHEN YOU ANNOUNCE THE NEW UNIT ON THE FORUM ITS THE FORUM MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO ORDER IT.  All of us are big supporters and will continue to be so and as a result will continue to buy what you put out.  Stop telling us that we can't order again because we've purchased in the past.  What are you trying to do?  Limiting orders is limiting your profit and production.   If there is such a huge call for what you make then perhaps its time to consider raising the price to make them a premium.  As it is your products are being sold after the fact on e-Bay for four times what they originally sold for.  Doesn't that tell you something?  Stop thinking small time and get going on what you are good at.  We will continue to support you, that's not a question its a fact.  You are the seemingly only bright light in this chaos of shit products and shady companies.  Do more and get better suppliers as you go, its a no brainer from my end but then....... what the fuck do I know. 

I highly suggest that any other forum members that are willing to show their support do so by sending a message and making sure this "shortage of supply" and "having to pre-order" doesn't continue for much longer.  Anyone??  Anyone else want to chime in?

Ah, okay...... so the issue has been somewhat narrowed.  Unfortunate that a weak connection may be the culprit. Just as a point of reference I had something similar happen a few months back where it would start hashing and then immediately fade to nothing.  Turned out there was too much draw on the one supply I was using although it was the same it had always been.  I changed psu's and "eh voila" it was back.  Still running strong at 738.   As you replied to me on e-Bay I am interested and do have several Newpacs available that are no longer in use if you're interested in a trade/exchange.  Would be great if you could get the pod sorted first of course, ha ha.

Welcome to the mining community.

WU is for Work Utility.  Its a measurement of how much you are distributed from the pool.  It will bounce up and down for the most part until you have a very stable vardiff that doesn't change.  Variable difficulty is sent by the pool to establish the best connection speed and "work" your units are able to provide without getting clogged or waiting too long for a response.  Each pool has their own rules as to how much is the "goldilocks" rate so don't worry too much about that.  The version of CGMiner used for the Gekkoscience products are auto adjustiing and will find the best rate based on what you're putting into the startup file.

Once everything settles down you should see a balance that changes very little.  For example: 8 Newpacs @ 500mhz will start out at less than 70% but after an hour or so will be at 98% and 95% WU.  If you 'Overclock" have a good fan on them.

Thanks John!

Always appreciate your input....... although as mentioned the efficiency drops at those settings but, hey, if ya got cheap power who the hell cares?

I will definitely find a heatsink or three to help with cooling.  I'm in Canada so ambient temp is always cold ha ha ha...... no, not really; just think Oregon or Wa....same. At least here on the best coast....er I mean west coast.

Total from original purchase to the door:  $527.17 Cdn

Expected ROI: about 8.5 years at 17 cents a day BUT! that's at todays market numbers so in a month from now your income could double, triple or quadruple.  Buy the DIP!!!!

For those who have a "standard" unit.  No controller board and must be connected to a pc or pi.

The following config is not recommended and will shorten the life of your Apollo but its fun as hell to see it work for a short period of time.

This thing is capable of up to 4 TH/s if you get the right chips.

You must have a PSU capable of providing the necessary power; the 200w brick won't do it.

I'm seeing bursts of 4 TH/s with an average of 3.85 with the following config:  .\apollo-miner.exe -host ca.stratum.slushpool.com -port 3333 -user ****** -pswd x -comport COM13 -brd_ocp 100  -osc 50 -ao_mode 1
pause

These settings are being reported as 0.075 W/Gh/s  which means its taking 285 watts to produce those numbers.  Not exactly efficient for this little guy but as mentioned its fun to see it can do it.

The config provided in the download link on this thread is working great.  Just change the board power settings and you're off to the races.

As the welcome card in the box says: Happy Mining

Mine was #3699 and received it this morning. June 8.  Up and running like a champ.  Now to play with it to maximize performance

For standard hashing unit:

What is the -ao_mode 1 in the last command line parameter?
How to disable Exporting stat  ...  ERROR: cannot create file descriptor

Otherwise booted and started thrashing immediately on slushpool.

Showing 3.1 TH/s poolside

Any one else here Canadian? and willing to share what your import duty and tax is?

Just received a message from Fedex asking for another $61 bucks to make the delivery.

Would love to hear from Sidehack about future product dreams.  Also curious about the decision to discontinue the R606 - they just seemed to be hitting their stride.  Perhaps supply issues is to blame.

Anyone else have any insight???

My understanding about the R606 supply is that there were only a few left that were purchased over the last number of weeks.  They have officially been discontinued but the orders have still not shipped.  I have one on order through bitcoinmerch and one coming from 419mining as a replacement.  At the time of purchase there was a 4-6 week wait period which has now come and gone.  Still waiting.

If you're extremely lucky you might be able to find one in the wild that someone is wanting to sell on e-bay or amazon but chances are pretty slim one will pop up.

Send a PM to sidehack and see if they still have one in the shop.  Ya never know.

Ya might be better served to pre-buy the next batch of the new Apollo BTC miner instead.  Have a look at it.  About the same cost but twice the mining power for a few more watts of juice.

Announcement thread here:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5314398

Howza bout an update J?  Did ya get all the goodies for assembly?  Any testing results?  Just excited to hear anything Keep up the great work!

So its been a couple of months now since you proposed the idea and from what I've read you have a big thumbs up for the go ahead.

Is there an update forthcoming on what you're dreaming up? My R606 and 8 newpacs are looking for a new friend.  I also ordered the standalone miner from Apollo so waiting on that one to arrive.

Anything home BTC miner related is a big swing in the right direction so I will continue to support any company or persons that develop them.

Ok, thanks for the info.  Weird that its asking for so much.

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  Woohoo   order#3699 completed.  Looking forward to it.  Along with my R606 and Newpacs it will be another new toy to annoy my wife