Official FutureBit Apollo II/BTC Software/Image and Support thread

[NotFuzzyWarm]

I should add, I get the solo-to-your-own node idea using modest (and cheap) amount of hash rate though I point my solo hash at a well connected pool (Kano.is) to do it. Losing a block in an orphan race is just something I will not risk. PAYING $$$ for hash to point at my own node that is not set up to provide very fast & well connected links to propagate the Block Found message - out of the question.

[quickmr2]

Is there a way to turn off the mining aspect on an original Apollo btc miner and just use it as a node?

Yes, you can stop the miner in the GUI and the node will continue to run
GUI options:
  1 on the miner screen at the top hit stop miner
  2 hit the power button top right and select stop miner

SSH options:
  1 sudo systemctl stop apollo-miner.service
  2 If you want to make it permanent after stopping the service sudo systemctl disable apollo-miner.service

Thanks for the help, I did try the GUI option but unfortunately I’m not able to mine with my s19 to my own node when I stop the Apollo from mining.  Guess I’ll just let her mine away and consume unnecessary power.