BITMAIN AntRouter R1: 1st wireless networking device with bitcoin mining chip

[Mikestang]

Search the forum for Crazyguy's firmware, then you can point it to any pool you want, among other things.

Posting a link to the firmware since I receive a PM asking about it:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=612390.msg13385782#msg13385782
Thanks again, Crazyguy!

[BITMAIN]

Dear Bitcoiners,

The AntRouter R1 is now available on Newegg for only $59 and will be shipped domestically by Newegg immediately. This saves buyers in North America the time and cost of international shipping.

Here is the direct link to the AntRouter on Newegg.com

We wish you a happy mining experience with Bitmain.

Regards,

the Bitmain team

[tharani]

Hello i was thinking of buying the Antminer R1 for mining backup equipment of my new website can someone say how much it mine's daily.

I am starting with small miner's and when the investment's mature , will probably buy more faster , mining equipment.

thanks and god bless.

[Rabinovitch]

Hello i was thinking of buying the Antminer R1 for mining backup equipment of my new website can someone say how much it mine's daily.

I am starting with small miner's and when the investment's mature , will probably buy more faster , mining equipment.

It looks like it mines nothing daily. It's just a curious toy, nothing more. You better start with something like Antminer S5, it's cheap enough these days and it should mine 0.0011 BTC daily.

[aarons6]

Hello i was thinking of buying the Antminer R1 for mining backup equipment of my new website can someone say how much it mine's daily.

I am starting with small miner's and when the investment's mature , will probably buy more faster , mining equipment.

thanks and god bless.

near zero per day.

you wont making anything at all mining with this device..

stock speed is only 4 ghs.. at today's difficulty its like .08c a month.



this is not an investment.

[tharani]

Both of you thank's man also I was considering , the Antminer S5  first then i had doubt's about it.

But seem's Antminer R1 , is for leisure mining, thanks for your help though.

[Unacceptable]

Both of you thank's man also I was considering , the Antminer S5  first then i had doubt's about it.

But seem's Antminer R1 , is for leisure mining, thanks for your help though.

Free power??? Get a S3+,I had 3 of em for a year & no issues at all,very robust.Sold em for the profit 

[tharani]

It's so confusing man you all recommend too much shit i don't know what to choose and also i need to manage my electricity bill rofl.

One say's this one say's that maybe i should have a vote, rofl.

But i am keeping on looking maybe i should buy 1 or 2 Antminer S9's after 6 month's maturity of he investment's but i get ridiculed cause most of them go scams etc.

Still deciding on a miner yet for the website i don't know where the guy went has not replied since yesterday.

[ChazM]

Hello i was thinking of buying the Antminer R1 for mining backup equipment of my new website can someone say how much it mine's daily.

I am starting with small miner's and when the investment's mature , will probably buy more faster , mining equipment.

It looks like it mines nothing daily. It's just a curious toy, nothing more. You better start with something like Antminer S5, it's cheap enough these days and it should mine 0.0011 BTC daily.

I actually just picked one up. I've never really been too into mining other than the idea of helping out with the network but I thought I'd give it a go.
The R1 in PPLNS using the custom patch makes around 20 satoshis per block.
So if antpool were to mine all the blocks in a 24 hour period at 10 minute intervals you're looking at somewhere around 2 cents a day (2880 sat).
I might just end up switching it back to Solo mode for the hell of it and keep it plugged in forever. Maybe I'll get lucky.

[Gogreen]

Hello,
Does this device need to be connecteed with LAN-cable or can you connect it to a WiFi router with WLAN?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T0TuF2W4VA  maybe this can help you but i dont like the music

[Zeta0S]

Hello,
Does this device need to be connecteed with LAN-cable or can you connect it to a WiFi router with WLAN?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T0TuF2W4VA  maybe this can help you but i dont like the music

Not really. The video didn't show the setup page detailed enough.
I started wondering this thing when I saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFtnVwJ6dpo
There they don't have a LAN cable connected. The question has been asked in the comment of the video but hasn't received an answer.

It need to be connected to a LAN-cable.

[Laviathon]

Has anyone lucked out and hit a block with an R1 yet?

[citronick]

Has anyone lucked out and hit a block with an R1 yet?

I dont think so 

If there was lucky R1 winner..... it would have made it to BREAKING NEWS in the BTC mining world, because a R1 would have very, very, very lucky to claim a block with that small hash.

[Zeta0S]

Has anyone lucked out and hit a block with an R1 yet?

I did hit many blocks!
(altcoin blocks  )

The chance someone will hit a block is to small, also the stock software will not let u know, I even think you never know you hit it.

[aarons6]

Has anyone lucked out and hit a block with an R1 yet?

I did hit many blocks!
(altcoin blocks  )

The chance someone will hit a block is to small, also the stock software will not let u know, I even think you never know you hit it.

this. plus the way the stock software uses your email to log into the pool they might not even let you know and keep the bitcoin...
since you arent actually solo mining with them, you are mining on a pool and they keep the bitcoin they make and hope nobody gets a block so they dont ever have to payout.



the whole thing seems sketchy.

[XanderL]

Hi All,

I have recently acquired an Antrouter R1 and an Antminer U3. I am however confused about setting it up. I have my bitmain account filled in under the R1 settings and I can see it doing it's thing in the Antpool. The thing is what should I do with the settings for the U3? I found the stratum+tcp://stratum.antpool.com:3333 settings for Pool 1 etc, but what should I put for Pool(x) Worker ? I tried different things but I never see anything happening on the statistics page or on the Antpool webpage. Or should I join another pool with the U3, I'm a complete noob regarding the whole mining thing. I do understand that this setup will not make me any money, but I got it very cheap and I'm trying to learn.

kind regards

[klondike_bar]

Has anyone lucked out and hit a block with an R1 yet?

I did hit many blocks!
(altcoin blocks  )

The chance someone will hit a block is to small, also the stock software will not let u know, I even think you never know you hit it.

doesnt it? the antminer UI has a "foundblocks" column (at least on most of the miners) where it would indicate if you had any success.  that said, if "solomining" through antpool it might not function correctly.

also, it only records that stat for its uptime. if it finds a block, and later the miner restarts itself, it will drop the stat back to '0'

[klintay]

Hi All,

I have recently acquired an Antrouter R1 and an Antminer U3. I am however confused about setting it up. I have my bitmain account filled in under the R1 settings and I can see it doing it's thing in the Antpool. The thing is what should I do with the settings for the U3? I found the stratum+tcp://stratum.antpool.com:3333 settings for Pool 1 etc, but what should I put for Pool(x) Worker ? I tried different things but I never see anything happening on the statistics page or on the Antpool webpage. Or should I join another pool with the U3, I'm a complete noob regarding the whole mining thing. I do understand that this setup will not make me any money, but I got it very cheap and I'm trying to learn.

kind regards

I think you are supposed to put in your antpool username? Have you asked antpool/bitmain for some clarification on the matter.

[LouisSchoeman]

Does anyone know what the power consumption in KW is on the Ant Router R1?

[Zeta0S]

Has anyone lucked out and hit a block with an R1 yet?

I did hit many blocks!
(altcoin blocks  )

The chance someone will hit a block is to small, also the stock software will not let u know, I even think you never know you hit it.

doesnt it? the antminer UI has a "foundblocks" column (at least on most of the miners) where it would indicate if you had any success.  that said, if "solomining" through antpool it might not function correctly.

also, it only records that stat for its uptime. if it finds a block, and later the miner restarts itself, it will drop the stat back to '0'

"foundblocks" column will never change, even if you find a block, sorry.

If you have this small little miner, you need to use the alternative Software Eyeboot or Crazyguy created. I suggest to mine Peercoin solo, hitting a peercoijn block is not impossible, of corse and enjoy the wireless accespoint.