[ANN] FutureBit Project Apollo: Bringing ASIC Mining Back to the Home Miner!

[aarons6]

What do you guys think of this PSU for the miner?

https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-ATX-1953D-ATX-1956D-ATX-1956-B1-ATX-1956F/dp/B0107CIJP8?pd_rd_wg=o923z&pd_rd_r=248d0b3c-92ed-48ea-9d2d-37dd0f12bc64&pd_rd_w=cvCM7&ref_=pd_gw_simh&pf_rd_r=YCZQG8EYE7V5JH4GNH4N&pf_rd_p=b841581f-e864-5164-afa6-4c18a8348879

no it looks cheap.. never cheap out on a PSU..

always go with a name brand, and avoid seasonic.. ive had 2 of those melt on me and almost catch on fire.

evga is a good brand.. awesome warranty and very reliable.
also you can probably find a good deal on the HP 1200W server powersupply. or just get a bitmain power supply APW7.. i have one of each of those and they seem pretty well built. altho running one of these pods on those power supplies is a tad over kill.. they would probably do 5 of them pretty easy.

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[Globalminingcorp]

Hi jstefanop ,

Any update on this nice project?

[jstefanop]

Hi jstefanop ,

Any update on this nice project?

Check the order thread, all order/shipping updates are there.

[toptek12]

Am I missing something?
Scrypt at 140 Mh/s and 200 Watts only profits 9 cents / day
At least that is whattomine.com says.

What is the current profitability of this?

he right it's not meant for RoI more to get you into mining or solo mining set it an run it an hope it hits a block .

[VictorGT]

Hi:

While waiting for my Apollo miners, I want to buy microSD cards for them. I dont have any microSD card available.

What size is necessary? Are microSD reliable? Brands recommended?.

I want to run them ASAP  .

[jstefanop]

Hi:

While waiting for my Apollo miners, I want to buy microSD cards for them. I dont have any microSD card available.

What size is necessary? Are microSD reliable? Brands recommended?.

I want to run them ASAP  .

You'll need at least a 4GB SD card, but most SD cards are 16GB now and good reelable 16GB cards run for like 10 bucks. As long as its class 10 or higher you should be fine.

Just don't go with non-name brand/slow cards as they tend to corrupt easily when running linux on them.


BTW sorry for the lack of updates...will be shooting everyone that pre-ordered an email newsletter with some cool sneak peeks at the Web UI etc. Been insanely busy getting this production in order this week and finalizing the driver/os and UI at the same time.

Looks like second week of November shipments will go out, but our heatsink supplier is now our bottleneck and still waiting for them to come in from Japan.

[jeffjefferson42]

When will you have new ones and will we still get  a discount?

[jstefanop]

When will you have new ones and will we still get  a discount?

They will be available once pre-orders are shipped. Price will actually go up for non pre-order units.

[crypto_curious]

I need one SD card per device for it to run, right?

[jstefanop]

Is the required SD card full size or micro?

Micro

I need one SD card per device for it to run, right?

Yes, each device has its own controller board.

[crypto_curious]

I need one SD card per device for it to run, right?

Yes, each device has its own controller board.

Thanks for the clarification.


However, on every page and occasion, you are mentioning SD Card. I would assume this is full-size SD Card required. And now we know that micro SD is required. I have full-size SD card in my cupboard and I thought it will be just fine, so I purchased another microSD card for second unit (I have SD adapter).  I was lucky with that purchase, now I know that My card will work. But I need another one now :|

 I thought I will be OK with SD card and microSD->adapter card.

Can you please correct that for other people.

[jstefanop]

I need one SD card per device for it to run, right?

Yes, each device has its own controller board.

Thanks for the clarification.


However, on every page and occasion, you are mentioning SD Card. I would assume this is full-size SD Card required. And now we know that micro SD is required. I have full-size SD card in my cupboard and I thought it will be just fine, so I purchased another microSD card for second unit (I have SD adapter).  I was lucky with that purchase, now I know that My card will work. But I need another one now :|

 I thought I will be OK with SD card and microSD->adapter card.

Can you please correct that for other people.

Where do I say SD Card? This is on the order product page:

“Requirements:

You will need to your own Micro SD card for the controller. Instructions will be posted on how to burn an SD card with our image, so you will be ready to run before the miner arrives!”

[AltScope]

I need one SD card per device for it to run, right?

Yes, each device has its own controller board.

Thanks for the clarification.


However, on every page and occasion, you are mentioning SD Card. I would assume this is full-size SD Card required. And now we know that micro SD is required. I have full-size SD card in my cupboard and I thought it will be just fine, so I purchased another microSD card for second unit (I have SD adapter).  I was lucky with that purchase, now I know that My card will work. But I need another one now :|

 I thought I will be OK with SD card and microSD->adapter card.

Can you please correct that for other people.

yea I never thought it would be a full sized SD card. Aside from the fact jstefanop clearly wrote Micro SD in the specs pretty much nothing uses full size SD cards these days well some cameras do but thats about it. I think this is more a case of you misreading than being mislead

[crypto_curious]

It's on the first page of this thread. Quote:

In this case it will be shipped in kit form like the original run of Moonlander 2s, and will be ready to run other than an SD card that you will need to flash with our image for the controller.

Word "SD Card" is there once, "Micro" is mentioned zero times. At first, I thought there is more if it, but it's only someone else quoting the first post with the same wording.
So I am not misreading anything really:)

I am ordering another MicroSD card now, as everything has been clarified.

[jstefanop]

It's on the first page of this thread. Quote:

In this case it will be shipped in kit form like the original run of Moonlander 2s, and will be ready to run other than an SD card that you will need to flash with our image for the controller.

Word "SD Card" is there once, "Micro" is mentioned zero times. At first, I thought there is more if it, but it's only someone else quoting the first post with the same wording.
So I am not misreading anything really:)

I am ordering another MicroSD card now, as everything has been clarified.

Thanks ill update the wording.

[jstefanop]

Some sneak peaks for you guys

Miner web UI (if it looks familiar your right, we got the best miner UI guys working on this!)



Current look of the miner with the two side stands we are planning to ship it with (We JUST found a metal fabricator that MIGHT be able to get the full case done for us in time...if its a matter of being one more week late I think it will be worth it and you guys will be happy with the final result and how the final miner will look!). Ill let you guys know for sure next week if we can get the case in.




Everyone that pre-ordered should have also received an email update so please check that if you haven't already.

[jarvisparvis]

The new baby's looking cool and the UI looks fantastic. Brilliant stuff

[philipma1957]

I will check for an email.


was this is?

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First, I would like to apologize for the lack of updates directly to you guys. I have been posting updates in the bitcointalk threads, but some of you have emailed me and understand not all of you read that forum. I will be more active in directly contacting you in the future! So to the important news:

As most of you know we are proud that this device can be assembled in the United States, but unfortunately some of our parts suppliers are overseas and we became effected by the Trump Tariffs. This forced us to switch some suppliers last second and had delays with PCBs and our Heatsinks for these. This has caused about a 2-3 week delay, which is pushing shipments into Mid-November from our planned end of October.

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I got this about the 31st of OCT.

[Globalminingcorp]

I would happily wait one more week to get a nice metal case for this cute toy!

[philipma1957]

I would happily wait one more week to get a nice metal case for this cute toy!

yeah  I would like to see the case  but I would be inclined to pick metal case over 2 plastic walls shown above.