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

[jstefanop]

The miner that solved the block was an SK19Pro running Brains OS underclocked to 2250 watts, 100TH. I run it at 1250 watts during the day at 1250 watts / 60TH to keep the noise down. If the complete log is helpful, just let me know.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.  Unfortunately, we don't have any clear indication that an Apollo II has hit a block (on it's own) as yet.  Congrats on the block!!

Oh, and be careful, the Karen's in this forum may report you to the mods for reporting that a device other than a FutureBit device hit a block.  Ask me how I know, LOL!!

What device found the share is of no consequence to the bitcoin network, what matters 100x more is what and in what manner the block was constructed and submitted to the bitcoin network.

The Apollo is the device that submitted that block, and our work is what made it possible. The end goal has always been more nodes and decentralized block creation.

FYI our devices have been hashing on the bitcoin network for over 5 years now, and have found probably dozens of blocks in that timeframe (confirmed publicly via solo pools like ckpool etc and privately via the major pools that all monitor this internally).

[bubbAJoe]

The miner that solved the block was an SK19Pro running Brains OS underclocked to 2250 watts, 100TH. I run it at 1250 watts during the day at 1250 watts / 60TH to keep the noise down. If the complete log is helpful, just let me know.

How long has the S19 been running?

[Block888737]

The miner that solved the block was an SK19Pro running Brains OS underclocked to 2250 watts, 100TH. I run it at 1250 watts during the day at 1250 watts / 60TH to keep the noise down. If the complete log is helpful, just let me know.

How long has the S19 been running?

The S19Kpro is about 2 months old. I picked up the Apollo Full Node in 2021 and added the Apollo BTC and Apollo II Standard over the years. I wish I had my total shares submitted number over all those years, but I lost the logs when I updated to the newer Apollo OS.

[bubbAJoe]

The miner that solved the block was an SK19Pro running Brains OS underclocked to 2250 watts, 100TH. I run it at 1250 watts during the day at 1250 watts / 60TH to keep the noise down. If the complete log is helpful, just let me know.

How long has the S19 been running?

The S19Kpro is about 2 months old. I picked up the Apollo Full Node in 2021 and added the Apollo BTC and Apollo II Standard over the years. I wish I had my total shares submitted number over all those years, but I lost the logs when I updated to the newer Apollo OS.

Can you go into your settings and "allow PMs from newbies" please? Thanks!

[jstefanop]

Apollo Miner Binary Release v2.0.3 is out!

This release has support for the new variant hashboards which have started shipping out this week. These are the standalone binaries for USB standard units being run on Windows/Linux without an Apollo Full Node

https://github.com/jstefanop/Apollo-Miner-Binaries/releases/tag/v2.0.3



New 2.0.7 image release for full node units with new board support incoming next week.


While these releases have a few minor bug fixes they are not required if you did not buy the recent lower performance Apollo II hashboards

[Opazzno]

Dear Sirs, tell me where I can order 4 bolts for the back cover of the appolo 2 that attach the bottom panel to the body 4 bolts. Thank you 2 bolts are slightly larger and 2 bolts are standard.

[Hamster123]

Dear Sirs, tell me where I can order 4 bolts for the back cover of the appolo 2 that attach the bottom panel to the body 4 bolts. Thank you 2 bolts are slightly larger and 2 bolts are standard.

Honestly, take the bolts to a hardware store as samples and buy them there. Super cheap, fast, and easy.

[Opazzno]

Dear Sirs, tell me where I can order 4 bolts for the back cover of the appolo 2 that attach the bottom panel to the body 4 bolts. Thank you 2 bolts are slightly larger and 2 bolts are standard.

Honestly, take the bolts to a hardware store as samples and buy them there. Super cheap, fast, and easy.

The problem is that when I sent an RMA to Futurebit for the Apollo 2 back cover, I accidentally sent it with bolts, but they sent it back to me without, and now my back cover is not bolted in. That's why I'm wondering what kind of bolts it has so I can order them.

[aurel57]

Won one for the plebs today using an Apollo BTC Full node, Apollo BTC standard, Apollo II standard and one Bitmain S19kpro.  

Code:

[2025-03-21 04:31:00.699] Possible block solve diff 393692033929762.687500 !
[2025-03-21 04:31:01.278] BLOCK ACCEPTED!
[2025-03-21 04:31:01.308] Solved and confirmed block 888737 by bc1qa6y279yprwtuthnw0xqu6rzhrf8d6uujcdh9xd.S19k
[2025-03-21 04:31:01.308] User bc1qa6y279yprwtuthnw0xqu6rzhrf8d6uujcdh9xd:{"hashrate1m": "82.6T", "hashrate5m": "93.8T", "hashrate1hr": "102T", "hashrate1d": "57.4T", "hashrate7d": "57.9T", "shares": 76761530792, "authorised": 1735251121}
[2025-03-21 04:31:01.308] Worker bc1qa6y279yprwtuthnw0xqu6rzhrf8d6uujcdh9xd.S19k:{"hashrate1m": "80.8T", "hashrate5m": "86.3T", "hashrate1hr": "92.1T", "hashrate1d": "49T", "hashrate7d": "49.4T"}
[2025-03-21 04:31:01.308] Block solved after 104363805084 shares at 0.1% diff

That is great news.  Thank you for the report.  Apollo nodes can submit valid block solutions in time when solved.  Congratulations.  Whose next???

Congrats!

[bubbAJoe]

Apollo Miner Binary Release v2.0.3 is out!

This release has support for the new variant hashboards which have started shipping out this week. These are the standalone binaries for USB standard units being run on Windows/Linux without an Apollo Full Node

https://github.com/jstefanop/Apollo-Miner-Binaries/releases/tag/v2.0.3



New 2.0.7 image release for full node units with new board support incoming next week.


While these releases have a few minor bug fixes they are not required if you did not buy the recent lower performance Apollo II hashboards

I assume that the estimated release date for the FutureBit Brain Hasher 1 is April 31, 2025?

[bluudz]

Hello everyone.

Is there any way to stop Apollo II from running the fan ultra loud when the miner starts/stops? I have been taking it with me to meetups to show people how mining works, but every time I turn it on it just get lot of unwanted attention. Would be great if it could just start silently. Is it possible?

Thanks!

[jstefanop]

Hello everyone.

Is there any way to stop Apollo II from running the fan ultra loud when the miner starts/stops? I have been taking it with me to meetups to show people how mining works, but every time I turn it on it just get lot of unwanted attention. Would be great if it could just start silently. Is it possible?

Thanks!

Unfortunately not with the current controller, its actually a safety feature in case the controller dies...fan speed will go high to prevent board overheat

[bluudz]

Hello everyone.

Is there any way to stop Apollo II from running the fan ultra loud when the miner starts/stops? I have been taking it with me to meetups to show people how mining works, but every time I turn it on it just get lot of unwanted attention. Would be great if it could just start silently. Is it possible?

Thanks!

Unfortunately not with the current controller, its actually a safety feature in case the controller dies...fan speed will go high to prevent board overheat

Thanks for clarification. Not very good for user experience as it is now, hopefully there will be better way to achieve this in the future.

[Sledge0001]

V2.0.7 OTA update seems to have worked perfectly without any issues on my Apollo II BTC and Apollo I BTC units

[minecrusher]

are there any release notes as to what has been updated? 2.06 is stable for me I dont want to jump up just yet if the updates arent critical.


thanks

[bluudz]

Is there anywhere where we can find release changes for the new versions?

[bubbAJoe]

Is there anywhere where we can find release changes for the new versions?

https://github.com/jstefanop/apolloapi-v2/releases

But it hasn't yet been updated to reflect v2.0.7....

[oneeighteen]

are there any release notes as to what has been updated? 2.06 is stable for me I dont want to jump up just yet if the updates arent critical.


thanks

Don't do it if it's working fine. the update bricked mine. Flashing sd card back to 2.0.6 now...

[0id1d]

Update to 2.0.7 via GUI was successful on Apollo 1 BTC and Apollo 2 BTC

[jstefanop]

are there any release notes as to what has been updated? 2.06 is stable for me I dont want to jump up just yet if the updates arent critical.


thanks

It's a support update for the new hashboards shipping now. Will have the images posted on GitHub later.