Jeeze jstefanop, have a drink and relax. Too harsh. I'm sure it wasn't personal. Although there may be no competition here and perhaps there are a few "plebs" scattered about our mining endeavors are still closely related to an actual gambling mindset to one degree or another. In other words, the "house" has the better odds against all of us lone wolves even though we still step up to the table and keep up the hope, The house needs our hopes or else there won't be a house to play in to begin with. At least that's why I still run miners and nodes.

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Over 11 PH/s right now on the BIG POOL --- but just a few hours.

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Can anybody answer this question?

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You're obviously sold on it, although I'd think twice about a first release model on something like this. Although I suppose somebody has to dive in first, eh. In any case, you didn't address the WiFi issues, or the enormous footprint, or just how often that "washable filter" will need to be washed. And yes, I do have my Apollo's scattered throughout the dwelling in occupied spaces along with other miners, but not on the floor. However, I do have to pay closer attention to routine cleaning but the noise is not something I find to be a problem. And it's not just me either, a lot of guys are doing the same thing. Either way, everyday that goes by is going to see a "new & improved & faster" rig for the masses. So, the only real task is to keep our last year's models running at reasonable costs and effort for the longer term until it's not. Then sell it or put it on something like Willi's small home miner pool. But I can't see just buying something with obvious design flaws simply because it's faster for a few hundred dollars more. Besides, if that was the only reason, then renting hashrate is by far more economical without the routine maintenance and upfront costs involved. Besides, most of the stuff coming out now causes more problems than in meeting expectations or promises. The forum is full of guys that are finding that out. So, I'll be interested in your 90-day review on the rig after you invest your money and how you overcame the shortcomings.

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Although it offers decent hashrate at reasonable wattage, it's not really competing with the Apollo II. For one thing, it's just a miner - it might be a decent miner to point to the Apollo node, though. Secondly, this thing is huge and hot. The obvious placement would be on the floor where all the dirt and dust likes to gather for a friendly get-together. And because the air intake is on the bottom it's gonna work like a vacuum and suck up all that crud. Thirdly, there doesn't appear to be an Ethernet port which forces you to use the included USB WiFi adapter which attaches to the underside of the unit. And I haven't seen many units that get good WiFi connections while sitting on the floor, especially one with a USB WiFi adapter that points to the floor underneath the actual hardware. Aside from the obvious issues, the miner does offer some good hashrate but it's not gonna kill the Apollo II.

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I just pushed my Apollo II over 2 PH with a few remote rentals along with my local miners while solo mining. All of these are low and medium difficulty miners. Has anyone tried using high-difficulty miners on their rig? And if so, please relate your experience in doing so. Thanks.

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Just reading some older posts and came across yours which begs the question of how your Apollo would deal with remote high-diff miners pointed to your node/pool? Is there a way to set the diff or does it matter?

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Hi Willi,

Agreed, let's get some BIGGER miners in on this new HOME BIG MINER section. I recall a short discussion with you back in mid-Sept 24 about something like this kind of pool and I'm glad to see this is now a reality. Now, we just need some joiners and some luck, eh. Good job.

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I managed to pop a 335B best share back in Sept or maybe Aug 2024. Nothing better or close to that since. Yet.

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Unfortunately, service has always been the first area within an organization to suffer the short-sighted and unprepared policies of any company rushing to meet marketing and profit demands. It's repeated time and again, over & over with large and small companies alike. Sometimes it's simply a matter of the "flood & run" approach whereas a company will intentionally start with a few quality pieces and when sales shoot up they switch to inferior pieces and then jump ship and disappear after enough complaints and a huge drop in sales. This is common on AMZ. Now, sometimes it's not as devious or the intention is/was honorable and they simply didn't start out prepared or misunderstand the market base. They get inundated with the service costs related to their misguided, unfortunate, and hopeful outlook. Service time and parts always costs money and NEVER makes a profit. And sometimes, a company is as sincere as professing your feelings to your first love but still can't seem to get it right. But I like to believe there are at least a few companies out there really trying to make a quality product at a fair price and stand behind it after the money has been gathered. However, if they didn't set aside enough for service . . . well, it could be a repeat of a very old story. I, for one, still have a positive outlook on Futurebit.

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jstefanop,

I believe I have a standard miner unit with one of those bad switches that I've been monitoring for a while. This originally happened over the course of 4 weeks when it stopped mining twice and the switch was not lit. When I would flip the switch to off and then back on again it was fine. Two more weeks went by and all was good while I was hoping it miraculously cured itself. Now for the past four days it has happened 4 more times - once a day. I can't be in denial any longer. However, I'd rather avoid the downtime with an RMA and shipping back & forth and simply replace the switch myself. It doesn't appear to be a task outside my skills. How do we go about getting a switch sent out? Thanks in advance.

Try Mozilla Firefox browser. Chrome and Edge are bloated and don't play nice in my opinion.

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". . . stopping the node and backing up the database to a second 1TB nvme is a good idea."

Yes sir, it's a very good idea! I found out the hard way. And now, I backup the full node drive every 3-4 weeks (actually I clone it). I don't ever want to have to build that full node again! I've seen houses built faster : )

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Check out the post from jstefanop on August 16, 2024-  #2397 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5340015.msg64433384#msg64433384
He addresses some heat limits there.

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Whoa . . . when you say "board being in the 80s on eco mode" I assume you're referring to the temp being in the 80's as in Celsius (not Fahrenheit). If so, that's too high and you are probably over-heating. And that's why it's stopping. Sounds to me like it's repair time if it's not already cooked. You might want to reach out to Futurebit for a fan replacement.

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Don't run Etcher on the miner. Here are the full instructions from the Futurebit website: https://www.futurebit.io/flashing-sd-card

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That's a hoot. Reminds me of when I was clearing out some of my old stuff from the house I grew up in after my dad passed. I found a box of old things that contained an old notebook I had once used as a sudo diary of sorts. Inside I found a page that stated, "Beware, don't date that crazy Sharon again!!!" The funny thing is, I can't even remember who she was - lol.

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Nice to see a more recent video from someone using the Apollo node.

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Hi BrokenTractor,

When the MicroSD is flashed it is flashed it with the correct OS (Linux) along with the new default Apollo v2.0.6 OS and will overwrite anything currently on the MicroSD your aiming at (so make sure the target MicroSD has nothing on it you want to keep). The process doesn't format NVME node drive or do anything else except you will lose any "special" data you might have added in the "Bitcoin node configuration" under the "Settings" menu - things such as "listenonion=0" or "addnode=xxx.xx.xxx.xx", etc. At least that was my experience.

After you flash the new card just replace the old card with the newly flashed card and insert it into the appropriate slot and boot up. At this point you will need to re-enter your information such as wallet address, user info, etc. - the same info you were previously using is what I would suggest unless you want to change it now. After that, everything will start up and your node will pick up where it left off (or catch up first). That's it!

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