Re: Braiins OS: open-source mining firmware [S9, T1]. New release includes AsicBoost
⭐ Merited by frodocooper (3)
It turns out there is some little bit of information about this September (bOSminer) release:
As you can see its a work in progress, unless you want to play with a single board S9 fixed at 650 MHz, don't bother downloading it. Oh yes, interestingly they also have a mining proxy also made in rust, but its meant to translate V2 to V1. My guess is they intend miners to use this within their LAN for regular pools.
To reiterate: do not use this unless you want to help test development using a single S9 hash board fixed at 650mhz...
After they finish bOSminer (First stable release expected in the beginning of next year), they plan to add support for more hardware. I don't really know if current bOS works there, i don't think so due to the different controller like the hydro etc.
The project is intended as a replacement for the existing cgminer software. However, it has been designed from scratch and written in a more modern Rust programming language.
bOSminer natively supports Stratum V2 and can be used in combination with V2->V1 mining proxy.
Currently, the project is early preview stage. Its Antminer S9 provides the following features:
Further Work
Below is a list of domains that are to be implemented in the MVP phase of the project:
bOSminer natively supports Stratum V2 and can be used in combination with V2->V1 mining proxy.
Currently, the project is early preview stage. Its Antminer S9 provides the following features:
- AsicBoost
- clock speed is fixed @ 650 MHz which results in ~ 4.6 Th/s per hashboard
- only single hashboard is currently supported
- fans run @ 100% speed (can be lowered by set_fans.sh tool)
Further Work
Below is a list of domains that are to be implemented in the MVP phase of the project:
- cgminer compatible API
- fan control
- clock and voltage configuration
As you can see its a work in progress, unless you want to play with a single board S9 fixed at 650 MHz, don't bother downloading it. Oh yes, interestingly they also have a mining proxy also made in rust, but its meant to translate V2 to V1. My guess is they intend miners to use this within their LAN for regular pools.
To reiterate: do not use this unless you want to help test development using a single S9 hash board fixed at 650mhz...
Will Braiins OS work with newer Antminer S9k revisions? 
After they finish bOSminer (First stable release expected in the beginning of next year), they plan to add support for more hardware. I don't really know if current bOS works there, i don't think so due to the different controller like the hydro etc.