BPMC Launch BF1 USB miner - probably the fastest USB miner in the World

[integrity42]

Wow. The amount of stupidity on this thread is mind-boggling.

Are people actually trolling kano/ckolivas who have put hundreds of hours into coding free software?  I certainly hope not.

And the idiots who want to waste thousands of dollars because the USB miners 'look cool'?? You want 10 of these things to look cool??
I'll make you a board with a heat sink on it and 5 flashing LED's for $1 and you can plug those in because they look cool.
A fool and his money are quickly separated...

Fact is that either these guys are lying about selling out all their stock, or there are WAY more idiots out there who can't do math then I thought.

Poor bastards.

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[bigbeninlondon]

Wow. The amount of stupidity on this thread is mind-boggling.

Are people actually trolling kano/ckolivas who have put hundreds of hours into coding free software?  I certainly hope not.

And the idiots who want to waste thousands of dollars because the USB miners 'look cool'?? You want 10 of these things to look cool??
I'll make you a board with a heat sink on it and 5 flashing LED's for $1 and you can plug those in because they look cool.
A fool and his money are quickly separated...

Fact is that either these guys are lying about selling out all their stock, or there are WAY more idiots out there who can't do math then I thought.

Poor bastards.

The heatsinks are worth about $1.  I'd buy some. 

[lano1106]

I've seen these keys sold at around 0.9-0.85 BTC

Great product. Just waiting the price to be right.

At 0.3333 BTC/ GHs they are slightly cheaper than AM BE at 0.12 BTC but the NF1 when ready will be sold at ~0.5 BTC for 2 GH/s or 0.25 BTC/GHs

When your product will be at 0.6-0.5, I'll seriously look to buy 20 something of them.

[ssinc]

Here are some setup instructions I put together for people new to linux :

Ubuntu Linux Setup Instructions :

1 ) Download Ubuntu x64 from : http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

2 ) Install on a PC or on a Virtual Machine.

3 ) Once installed Find and Open Terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T

4 ) Type the following lines and press enter after each one :

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:theturtle1983/mining
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bfgminer

5 ) Plug in your Blue Fury Miner in your favorite USB hub/port

6 ) Find the Blue Fury device name in your /Dev Folder. Mine was named ttyACM0 (yours should be similar)



7 ) Type the following into Terminal :

Code:

sudo bfgminer -o [pool name] -u [username] -p [password] -S bitfury:/dev/ttyACM0

*obviously change everything in brackets to your personal pool settings.

8 ) Hash Away!  

[Bicknellski]

Here are some setup instructions I put together for people new to linux :

Ubuntu Linux Setup Instructions :

1 ) Download Ubuntu x64 from : http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

2 ) Install on a PC or on a Virtual Machine.

3 ) Once installed Find and Open Terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T

4 ) Type the following lines and press enter after each one :

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:theturtle1983/mining
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bfgminer

5 ) Plug in your Blue Fury Miner in your favorite USB hub/port

6 ) Find the Blue Fury device name in your /Dev Folder. Mine was named ttyACM0 (yours should be similar)



7 ) Type the following into Terminal :

Code:

sudo bfgminer -o [pool name] -u [username] -p [password] -S bitfury:/dev/ttyACM0

*obviously change everything in brackets to your personal pool settings.

8 ) Hash Away!  

Thanks SSINC... was waiting for someone from the group to post that for weeks now.

[bitterdog]

the reason that people love blocker eruptor so much is because they are easy to use plugin and you can basically hit the button and go this Linux solution is fine for people are in the know but not for the target audience of what this should be. Those windows drivers are imparative to this being successful

[TheQuin]

the reason that people love blocker eruptor so much is because they are easy to use plugin and you can basically hit the button and go this Linux solution is fine for people are in the know but not for the target audience of what this should be. Those windows drivers are imparative to this being successful

+1

[Xian01]

Here are some setup instructions I put together for people new to linux :

 https://github.com/aauer1/bfgminer

 For the brave, gitHub source here provided via Turtle / Bick. Make sure you "git clone" the repo locally. I had trouble getting the downloaded .zip to compile.

 Additionally, was missing a bunch of dependencies (my fault entirely for not properly RTFMing) that threw the system into a "wonky" state that didn't recognize the sticks until I unplugged and replugged them back in. Please double-check your dependencies if things don't run the first time.

 As to the difficulty-level of getting these guys running vs Block Erupter USB's, please understand this is still the first batch, and wider driver support will likely come online in short order.

[Beastlymac]

the reason that people love blocker eruptor so much is because they are easy to use plugin and you can basically hit the button and go this Linux solution is fine for people are in the know but not for the target audience of what this should be. Those windows drivers are imparative to this being successful

We plan to have them out before we ship or blue fury lot.

[bitterdog]

the reason that people love blocker eruptor so much is because they are easy to use plugin and you can basically hit the button and go this Linux solution is fine for people are in the know but not for the target audience of what this should be. Those windows drivers are imparative to this being successful

We plan to have them out before we ship or blue fury lot.

Im counting on this . I committed a large buy based on progress so far

[xstr8guy]

Here are some setup instructions I put together for people new to linux :

Ubuntu Linux Setup Instructions :

1 ) Download Ubuntu x64 from : http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

2 ) Install on a PC or on a Virtual Machine.

3 ) Once installed Find and Open Terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T

4 ) Type the following lines and press enter after each one :

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:theturtle1983/mining
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bfgminer

5 ) Plug in your Blue Fury Miner in your favorite USB hub/port

6 ) Find the Blue Fury device name in your /Dev Folder. Mine was named ttyACM0 (yours should be similar)



7 ) Type the following into Terminal :

Code:

sudo bfgminer -o [pool name] -u [username] -p [password] -S bitfury:/dev/ttyACM0

*obviously change everything in brackets to your personal pool settings.

8 ) Hash Away!  

Thanks SSINC... was waiting for someone from the group to post that for weeks now.

I don't have any file with a name similar to ttyACM0.  How do I find the proper dev file?

[Xian01]

I don't have any file with a name similar to ttyACM0.  How do I find the proper dev file?

What does

ls -l /dev/ttyACM* return ?

 Eg:

Code:

root@xubuntu64:~# ls -l /dev/ttyACM*
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 1 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 2 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 4 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM4
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 5 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM5
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 6 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM6
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 7 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM7

[bigbeninlondon]

I don't have any file with a name similar to ttyACM0.  How do I find the proper dev file?

What does

ls -l /dev/ttyACM* return ?

 Eg:

Code:

root@xubuntu64:~# ls -l /dev/ttyACM*
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 1 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 2 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 4 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM4
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 5 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM5
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 6 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM6
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 7 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM7

http://bit.ly/18XRjgj

[xstr8guy]

I don't have any file with a name similar to ttyACM0.  How do I find the proper dev file?

Ok, I've managed to get all 4 of them installed and I have ttyACM0, ttyACM1, ttyACM2, ttyACM3.  I also have them connected to the VM.  But I'm not sure what to enter here since I have 4 devices... 

Code:

sudo bfgminer -o http://stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u username_workername -p password -S bitfury:/dev/ttyACM0

And when I start BFGMiner with the code above, I don't get anything hashing except the CPU cores, which I obviously don't want.  Be gentle, this is my first time running Ubuntu and I'm so lost!

[xstr8guy]

I don't have any file with a name similar to ttyACM0.  How do I find the proper dev file?

What does

ls -l /dev/ttyACM* return ?

 Eg:

Code:

root@xubuntu64:~# ls -l /dev/ttyACM*
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 1 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 2 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM3
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 4 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM4
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 5 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM5
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 6 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM6
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 7 Sep 25 19:05 /dev/ttyACM7

Code:

crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 Sep 25 18:01 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 1 Sep 25 18:11 /dev/ttyACM1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 2 Sep 25 18:06 /dev/ttyACM2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Sep 25 18:12 /dev/ttyACM3

[Xian01]

Code:

crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 Sep 25 18:01 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 1 Sep 25 18:11 /dev/ttyACM1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 2 Sep 25 18:06 /dev/ttyACM2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Sep 25 18:12 /dev/ttyACM3

 ... fo shiggles, try

Code:

apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev
apt-get install libjansson-dev
apt-get install uthash-dev
apt-get install libudev-dev

While troubleshooting, Turtle had me try launching bfgminer with;

Code:

--text-only --debug

 to get additional troubleshooting data.

 Unplug and replug the sticks after installing libudev-dev

I'm running with -S ALL to scan everything.

[xstr8guy]

Code:

crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 Sep 25 18:01 /dev/ttyACM0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 1 Sep 25 18:11 /dev/ttyACM1
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 2 Sep 25 18:06 /dev/ttyACM2
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 3 Sep 25 18:12 /dev/ttyACM3

 ... fo shiggles, try

Code:

apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev
apt-get install libjansson-dev
apt-get install uthash-dev
apt-get install libudev-dev

While troubleshooting, Turtle had me try launching bfgminer with;

Code:

--text-only --debug

 to get additional troubleshooting data.

 Unplug and replug the sticks after installing libudev-dev

I'm running with -S ALL to scan everything.

You do know that I have absolutely no idea what the hell I'm doing, lol.  I tried entering the above and I got this...

Code:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

[Xian01]

You do know that I have absolutely no idea what the hell I'm doing, lol.  I tried entering the above and I got this...

Code:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

 Apologies. Please pre-pend "sudo " to the start of each of those apt-get's.

 I'm a little bit nuts and run as root whilst tinkering...

eg;

Code:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

[xstr8guy]

You do know that I have absolutely no idea what the hell I'm doing, lol.  I tried entering the above and I got this...

Code:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

 Apologies. Please pre-pend "sudo " to the start of each of those apt-get's.

 I'm a little bit nuts and run as root whilst tinkering...

eg;

Code:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev

Bleah!

 

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libgcrypt11-dev libgnutls-dev libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutlsxx27 libgpg-error-dev
  libidn11-dev libldap2-dev libp11-kit-dev librtmp-dev libtasn1-3-dev
Suggested packages:
  libcurl3-dbg libgcrypt11-doc gnutls26-doc gnutls-bin
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcurl4-gnutls-dev libgcrypt11-dev libgnutls-dev libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutlsxx27
  libgpg-error-dev libidn11-dev libldap2-dev libp11-kit-dev librtmp-dev libtasn1-3-dev
0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,742 kB of archives.
After this operation, 10.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Abort.

Why did it abort?

[xstr8guy]

Who wants to buy these fucking thing?  Selling CHEAP!  

Where the hell are the Windows drivers for these god damn pieces of shit?