Best Share 1,383,813,752,733

How can I run Bitcoin Knots on FutureBit Apollo II Full Node BTC Miner?

My Apollo II Full Node has a static IP. How can I direct external miners to connect to my node and mine?

With Stratum V2 protocol getting more and more implementation is there a way with Apollo II Full Node to decide on my own block template? Where the block template is currently being configured? 

Is it possible to submerge Apollo II Full Node BTC Miner into a immersive cooling system?
If yes, please share step-by-step actions to remove the fans.

1 undefined?
https://ibb.co/B5CDSxDn

Looks like the Dashboard was not ready for Zettahash speed.
Mine Node page shows:

1.00 undefined
Network hashrate

About 108 trillion
Difficulty

My socket voltage is 240V @ 50Hz.
So 3500 / 240 = less than 15 Amps. Yes, I will run in turbo mode, so let's assume 4000 watts / 240 = less than 17 Amps. I got your point, I still won't run 10 from the same wire, only 3 to 5.

Thank you very much for your response!
You do not sound insensitive at all!

I do understand that Apollo units are literaly mini PCs. I have experience running servers 24/7 inside a dedicated AC cooled room. I will be running my Apollo inside an AC cooled room during a summer. However, during winter season it is more efficient to run it in a place that I do not heat up. My glassed balcony is covered, protected, clean and quite cool during winter. We use our balcony frequently everyday. It is ideal for Apollo unit as it won't have hard time cooling itself.

I will monitor Temp and Humidity and will ensure that the first is above 5 degrees C and the latter is below 90%. There is a very low risk to hit a Dew Point Temp.

It is great to know that I can run more than 2 Standard units via USB hub.
I think I can run at least 10 units from a single household socket, can't I?

I am excited to evelove further on in the home-based mining field!

I am pleased with Futurebit's response:

Hi temp ranges are from 5-40c, and humidity under 90% but making sure you are not operating near the dew point is what is essential, as this will cause condensation to form on the unit and cause damage.

As long as there is no head dust buildup on the unit, its intake or exhaust you should be fine, but will most likely require frequent cleaning to insure no dust settles on sensitive components.

You are not limited to two units and can run as many as your power/breaker allows with a USB hub.

They replied:

I responded:
I will share their response.

up.
I sent an email to Futurebit Support on the subject 2 days ago, but still didn't get an answer.

Ok, I am getting there.
Pools difficulty is just a handshake - makes sense.

Your "Best" should be > network difficulty for a valid block share - That means, that if out of a pure luck tomorrow early morning my Apollo finds a valid block, then I will see a number higher than 103T in my Best Share window of the Apollo Dashboard. Correct?

... each pool has its own smaller difficulty... - This one has just blown my mind. What does that even mean?

To my understanding the pool would check a single hash ONLY if it is submitted as a valid block. There is simply no other reasons.

I know that Apollo runs its own pool, but I don't understand how could that pool have its own smaller difficulty that is different from the bitcoin network difficulty? It makes no sense.

If by "the network difficulty" you mean the bitcoin network difficulty, then of course I understand this as it is a core principle of the bitcoin network, but I cannot correlate it with the "Best", "Accepted" and "Rejected" Shares on the Apollo's Dashboard.

I truely appreciate all the responses I get from the members, but I feel myself completely dumb as I cannot understand this Best Share, Accepted Share and Rejected Share terms.

Mining BTC is a LOTTERY.
It doesn't matter if I mine with 200 EH/s speed mining farm or 5TH/s home Apollo miner. In BOTH cases, mining BTC is a LOTTERY. As such I either WIN or LOSE roughly every 10 min.

Of course as higher my hashrate as bigger my chances to find a valid block within 10 min, I do understand that.

Now, what Apollo's or ANY miner's Dashboard would show me to be informative and meaningful?
1) Hardware health status: CPU and Miner Temp, Fan Speed, Power Consumption
2) Software health status: Errors, Issues, Bugs, Latest version, Updates, etc.
3) Hashrate speed and its Fluctuations over time.

As for assessing a performance of any miner it should come down to: What is the MOST DIFFICULT Hash found by the miner, i.e. the biggest number of leading zero's and the comparison of that number to the network's current difficulty requirements.


To my understanding EVERY SINGLE HASH irrespective of the number of leading zeros, i.e. its difficulty, is a Proof of Work. It means EVERY SINGLE HASH is the Accepted Share. Rejected Share could be hashes that simply failed validation.

This may be a topic for a separate discussion, but mentioning it here might help my understanding. I honestly get confused when the network's difficulty number increases. How come? Harder difficulty would mean there are LESSER valid hashes within the range of 2^256-1.

Please shed some light on this.

So the number of Best Shares that Apollo shows contains only the Best Shares for my latest attempt (last 10 min) or ALL historical Best Shares since I started mining?

When Apollo shows 13B Best Shares, does it mean that I managed to pull 13B winning tickets, that I managed to FIND a Valid Block at the current network difficulty level BUT did it too late?

This is clear.

Thank you for your reply, but honeslty that equation is not clear to me.
Does it mean my best share number should be between 90 and 100T to have a chance to find a valid block?
And what is the maximum Best Share number that a single Apollo II Full Node Miner can achieve?

Mine is just 13B. I still cannot understand what this Best Share number is all about?
I also have 12B accepted shares, which tells me nothing.
I am mining SOLO with Apollo II Full Node.

I want to run my miner in Turbo mode most of the time. Apart from it is beeing noisy at that mode, my appartment is quite warm during winter season. Is it OK if I operate the miner outdoors? Outside temperature during winter can range from 15 Degrees C to close to 0. We may have a few days below 0 in February. Humidity is below 80%.
I will locate the miner in my balcony and will fully protect it from any dust and rain.

This is great! Thank you so much!