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

[jstefanop]

@jstefanop when can we expect the node and wallet function for the apollo ?

Hoping to have at least the full node feature released in the next month or two. Made a big mistake in hindsight and ordered the 256MB RAM version of the MCU instead of the 512, so trying to see if we can get the node to run stable with just 256MB of RAM, or if we need to swap the MCUs out.

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[highaltitude]

Anyone else have setup issues? I bought an Apollo and first the sd card that came with it corrupted. Now that I found a different card and re flashed the firmware the only pool I can setup is the litecoinpool.com and it only mines on the donation. The machine wont even connect if donation is turned off. So far all I have managed to do is mine for donation. Not sure what Im going wrong here. Frustrating so far. Is there an updated firmware/rom?

Can anyone post an example of setups to see?

[jstefanop]

Anyone else have setup issues? I bought an Apollo and first the sd card that came with it corrupted. Now that I found a different card and re flashed the firmware the only pool I can setup is the litecoinpool.com and it only mines on the donation. The machine wont even connect if donation is turned off. So far all I have managed to do is mine for donation. Not sure what Im going wrong here. Frustrating so far. Is there an updated firmware/rom?

Can anyone post an example of setups to see?

Please visit the support thread here for support questions: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5081750

This sounds like a pool setup issue (ie your not putting in the correct pool username and password and its defaulting to the donation pool because it cant connect to yours).

Double check what the pool requires for username and password, and make sure you put it correct (they are usually case sensitive).

[ClaytonBigsby]

My sweet little pod cracked another DGB block on Zerg 🍀. I love this machine, so nice and quiet. My s9 sounds like a damn jet, had to shut it down, it got replaced by FutureBit lol

[pancakehero]

My sweet little pod cracked another DGB block on Zerg 🍀. I love this machine, so nice and quiet. My s9 sounds like a damn jet, had to shut it down, it got replaced by FutureBit lol

Are you on solo mining ?

I've been running mine for 3 days straight in Turbo mode with fan speed on 50%, and its been great ! Mining at Zergpool but wondering what the most profitabel way of mining is, solo/pool/just straight LTC of 

[ClaytonBigsby]

My sweet little pod cracked another DGB block on Zerg 🍀. I love this machine, so nice and quiet. My s9 sounds like a damn jet, had to shut it down, it got replaced by FutureBit lol

Are you on solo mining ?

I've been running mine for 3 days straight in Turbo mode with fan speed on 50%, and its been great ! Mining at Zergpool but wondering what the most profitabel way of mining is, solo/pool/just straight LTC of 

No, I’m party mining. If straight ltc mining, according to the calculator, you’ll get about 39 cents before electric cost. Our party is small, about 10 miners, so to me it’s almost like Solo mining.

[WoodHawk]

Hello all. This is my first post here but had to join to brag about my Apollo busting a DGB Block. I missed the one that was found last week but have had my Apollo on the ZergPool Party for about 2 1/2 days. I saved an image but don't know how to put it on here. Out of the 696.202 DGB for the block, the ten of us in the Party each got over 69 DGB converted to LTC.... I'm Happy   

[MojoGrip]

How loud are these when in Turbo mode compared to the S3+ Antminer?

[ClaytonBigsby]

Hello all. This is my first post here but had to join to brag about my Apollo busting a DGB Block. I missed the one that was found last week but have had my Apollo on the ZergPool Party for about 2 1/2 days. I saved an image but don't know how to put it on here. Out of the 696.202 DGB for the block, the ten of us in the Party each got over 69 DGB converted to LTC.... I'm Happy   

Haha nice! I woke up and saw my earnings had shot up. Congrats! Mine on

[ronnieb]

can you use a power brick for these miners?

[jstefanop]

can you use a power brick for these miners?

As long as its 10-14V output and can output 200W I don't see why not. You would most likely have to make your own PCIE 6 pin connector for it though.

[WoodHawk]

I'm using a 300W PSU from a PC... shunted the green...didn't have to load the 5V.... works fine. When Windows goes down, my Apollo kepps on keeping on...

[Jake-R]

My Apollo arrived today. Paired with my CORSAIR HX850i Platinum 850 Watt PSU, it barely makes any noise in ECO mode (100 Mh/s) and hashes as advertised in all modes. I would not call it loud even in the higher hash modes. Great miner! Will buy future models as well 

[Boostoholic]

My Apollo arrived today. Paired with my CORSAIR HX850i Platinum 850 Watt PSU, it barely makes any noise in ECO mode (100 Mh/s) and hashes as advertised in all modes. I would not call it loud even in the higher hash modes. Great miner! Will buy future models as well 

Awesome! Consider joining the Apollo party at zergpool.

[Jake-R]

Will do, can you PM me the Party Password? 

[WoodHawk]

URL: stratum+tcp://scrypt.mine.zergpool.com:3433/#skipcbcheck#xnsub (drop the /#skipcbcheck#xnsub if you like)
Username: (Your LTC Wallet Address)
Password: c=LTC,m=party.Apollo,d=50000 (no need for diff if you don't want to)

You can also add an ID or mine a specific coin with addtional settings in the password box. Go to the ZergPool Main page for help doing that.

[Boostoholic]

Will do, can you PM me the Party Password? 

Just add m=party.apollo to your password field while mining on zergpool and you will be in the party!

[fanatic26_]

At 4 cent power cost my numbers show this will take 65 months just to pay itself off.

I am beyond confused here....for the same price you can buy 3 used L3+ units and make 13x the monthly profit and pay the units off in ~4 months

Is there some secret way of making a profit or are people willing to throw away money just to have a shiny on their desk? Its not like Litecoin is some innovative blockchain thats going to explode in the future, its basically on life support as a coin already...

[ejonathonw]

At 4 cent power cost my numbers show this will take 65 months just to pay itself off.

I am beyond confused here....for the same price you can buy 3 used L3+ units and make 13x the monthly profit and pay the units off in ~4 months

Is there some secret way of making a profit or are people willing to throw away money just to have a shiny on their desk? Its not like Litecoin is some innovative blockchain thats going to explode in the future, its basically on life support as a coin already...

Yes but we will never tell non believers.

[klintay]

Hello all. This is my first post here but had to join to brag about my Apollo busting a DGB Block. I missed the one that was found last week but have had my Apollo on the ZergPool Party for about 2 1/2 days. I saved an image but don't know how to put it on here. Out of the 696.202 DGB for the block, the ten of us in the Party each got over 69 DGB converted to LTC.... I'm Happy   

wow amazing, this was solo mining right? upload the pic to this free image hosting site:

https://imgbb.com/

then post the link here