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Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Anyone had a successful flash to 2.0.5? I'm a bit weary to upgrade until others report some success, don't have time currently to stuff around reflashing SD cards
It seems it's worked for me because the node is running and the solo mining works.. but i can't reach the dashboard via the browser. Didn't test to plug the apollo directly by hdmi.
Update now reboots system, if you are accessing over web ui on another device the IP address most likely changed on reboot and you'll need to enter new ip address
Keep in mind update takes a while (15-30 minutes since whole UI is rebuilt from source) so it will get stuck in the 60-70% range for a while, dont touch or reboot the system until it reboots by itself otherwise the build will fail and you'll get a broken UI.
I'll have the 2.0.5 images up today (or you can re-image using 2.0.4 and try the OTA update again).
How do I find a new IP address? The full node made no indication of a new IP and simply doesn’t load.
Download an IP scanner or log into your router settings/app this list the devices.
These URLs should also work if you are on a Mac/linux machine to avoid needing ips..
futurebit-apollo-2.local
futurebit-apollo-btc.local
None of the above worked so I just reflashed the OS. Went through setup as normal and tried upgrading again. Everything seemed fine but the version still states 2.0.4 with an option to upgrade to 2.0.5. Any idea why? I am using the native UI of the apollo 2 full node.
Nevermind! It seems to have worked because when I logged in on another device on my network, it properly reflected the new 2.0.5 version. I then reloaded my browser on the unit and it is showing the correct version. Thanks for all the help!
Mine is behaving similarly after upgrading to v2.0.5, it seems to be successful after installing it OTA and rebooting eventually (and the hashrate font is noticeably bigger after that), but it seems to eventually revert back somehow and loads the old 2.0.4 version of the site, the font gets small again, and then the power button flashes and offers an upgrade again, labelled v2.0.4beta at the bottom of the power button menu. However, doing a full refresh of the tab, or opening it in a new browser tab, brings it all back to 2.0.5 with the bigger font... for a while at least. This keeps happening so far, this loop.
Restart your browser/ clear your browser cache, it's saving the old version of the site that keeps getting loaded.
Some browsers are worse than others with this behavior.
Thanks, tried that, so far it's working and hasn't loaded the old version of the site. FYI, when this issue is happening, the web interface is trying to download/install the new version over and over, so it might be worse than a visual/cache issue, depending on what is actually happening there.
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Anyone had a successful flash to 2.0.5? I'm a bit weary to upgrade until others report some success, don't have time currently to stuff around reflashing SD cards
It seems it's worked for me because the node is running and the solo mining works.. but i can't reach the dashboard via the browser. Didn't test to plug the apollo directly by hdmi.
Update now reboots system, if you are accessing over web ui on another device the IP address most likely changed on reboot and you'll need to enter new ip address
Keep in mind update takes a while (15-30 minutes since whole UI is rebuilt from source) so it will get stuck in the 60-70% range for a while, dont touch or reboot the system until it reboots by itself otherwise the build will fail and you'll get a broken UI.
I'll have the 2.0.5 images up today (or you can re-image using 2.0.4 and try the OTA update again).
How do I find a new IP address? The full node made no indication of a new IP and simply doesn’t load.
Download an IP scanner or log into your router settings/app this list the devices.
These URLs should also work if you are on a Mac/linux machine to avoid needing ips..
futurebit-apollo-2.local
futurebit-apollo-btc.local
None of the above worked so I just reflashed the OS. Went through setup as normal and tried upgrading again. Everything seemed fine but the version still states 2.0.4 with an option to upgrade to 2.0.5. Any idea why? I am using the native UI of the apollo 2 full node.
Nevermind! It seems to have worked because when I logged in on another device on my network, it properly reflected the new 2.0.5 version. I then reloaded my browser on the unit and it is showing the correct version. Thanks for all the help!
Mine is behaving similarly after upgrading to v2.0.5, it seems to be successful after installing it OTA and rebooting eventually (and the hashrate font is noticeably bigger after that), but it seems to eventually revert back somehow and loads the old 2.0.4 version of the site, the font gets small again, and then the power button flashes and offers an upgrade again, labelled v2.0.4beta at the bottom of the power button menu. However, doing a full refresh of the tab, or opening it in a new browser tab, brings it all back to 2.0.5 with the bigger font... for a while at least. This keeps happening so far, this loop.
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Thanks for letting me know. By chance, speaking of the initial boot up, my router flagged two malware activities (categorized as phishing/deception) as soon as I connect to the network. By chance would you know if these are false negatives? I can’t get any detail out of the ISP router, and my pfsense router won’t be online for a few weeks. See attached.
Many A/V software still flag any crypto mining activity as malware (because some malware install stealth crypto miners), so my first guess at least would be that!
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
I have been running Apollo v1 node since inception and now with Apollov2 i'm asked what is my wallet address.
Also where is the wallet address of our node? Don't really understand that part thought do understand bitcoin wallets with password in general.
Also where is the wallet address of our node? Don't really understand that part thought do understand bitcoin wallets with password in general.
That's for the SOLO mining feature, and points where the mining payout would go if you mined a SOLO block. I am not sure how it functions in regard to mining to a pool instead, but I assume you need to provide a payout wallet address there too. As I understand it (and what the guide says), there is no wallet installed on the Apollo 2 node by default due to security issues - you can install one manually, but you have to understand what you're doing and secure it. I'd recommend you use another wallet instead, like a hardware wallet, and point it to your node if possible (which can also be difficult - Ledger used to support it for example, but its an experimental feature now to use your own node and I was not able to get mine working very well when I was using an Umbrel node in the past)
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Hello ALL!!! 
With the BTC Halving, how are your mining results?
Thank you
With the BTC Halving, how are your mining results?
Thank you
I use the SOLO mining feature, as it seems post-halving you'd need pretty near 5cents or less total kWh cost to slightly profit at current prices. My power is 22cents per kWh so I'm not even close really. I don't run my older Apollo BTC (1st model) currently because its even less efficient, but I will maybe in the winter when I could use the extra heat.
I'm getting 5.85 TH/s (32 watts-per-TH/s) on ECO mode, I wouldn't want to run it higher than that because of the noise. I get about a 1/700,000 chance of mining a solo block in a day with just the Apollo 2 in ECO mode.
My only complaints with it at the moment are: software's still pretty early, missing a lot of needed features in the web GUI (like even individual control of the Apollo miners) - had a lot of hurdles in the setup, having trouble getting RDP into the full linux GUI (Ubuntu/Gnome) to work still. Node and miner aren't that stable so far, one or the other seem to hang or crash every other day or so, so far - hope that was mostly during, and due to, the few-day blockchain sync, though it has happened a couple times since then as well.
HDMI output and WiFi on the Apollo 2 are not great so far, really hoping those can be majorly improved compatibility-wise. None of the monitors I have at the moment work, and the wifi is very finnicky and you need a separated 2.4 GHz network for it (basically, the Apollo 2 won't work with a modern wifi setup, at least as most come by default these days, like using a single SSID for all wavelengths, etc)
Have you done a reflash to the latest image 2.0.4 release? This fixes many of these issues (OTA update to 2.0.4 wont bring in some changes we did to the underlying OS so suggest anyone that received a unit with 2.0.2 or 2.0.3 reflash their SD cards to the latest release).
Going forward all updates will be OTA so you should not need to reflash again.
Thanks again for your help! I wasn't aware of the update possibly not being a full upgrade if I was on a pre-2.0.4 release and applied it automatically (OTA). So, I've re-flashed the microSD (it is indeed really hard to not have it fall inside the innards of the unit, even with tweezers, because of the angle! Yikes, I did have it fall inside and had some trouble getting it back out!)... that went well, re-setup was easy enough and know I know the changes/troubleshooting I did via SSH to unsuccessfully get RDP access working previously, are now undone.
Would you have any tips or steps via SSH to enable RDP to work from Windows devices? Before flashing it back to default 2.0.4 today, I seemed to be able to get it working from a network perspective, but when I logged in (I could see and use the xRDP login screen via RDP for example), the RDP screen just shows a mouse pointer and a sea green background color, and I can't do anything.
Thanks!
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Hopefully will be receiving my Apollo ii soon. Seeing all the comments about wifi issues. As someone who isn't too technical. If I have a wifi extender that allows for input of an ethernet cable, would that fix any potential wifi issues I may have?
Yeah, that should be fine, as the extender is what is making the wifi connection in that case, so the Apollo 2 or whatever device is hooked up to the extender's ethernet port should behave as if hooked up to any real ethernet port.
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Hello ALL!!!
With the BTC Halving, how are your mining results?
Thank you
With the BTC Halving, how are your mining results?
Thank you
I use the SOLO mining feature, as it seems post-halving you'd need pretty near 5cents or less total kWh cost to slightly profit at current prices. My power is 22cents per kWh so I'm not even close really. I don't run my older Apollo BTC (1st model) currently because its even less efficient, but I will maybe in the winter when I could use the extra heat.
I'm getting 5.85 TH/s (32 watts-per-TH/s) on ECO mode, I wouldn't want to run it higher than that because of the noise. I get about a 1/700,000 chance of mining a solo block in a day with just the Apollo 2 in ECO mode.
My only complaints with it at the moment are: software's still pretty early, missing a lot of needed features in the web GUI (like even individual control of the Apollo miners) - had a lot of hurdles in the setup, having trouble getting RDP into the full linux GUI (Ubuntu/Gnome) to work still. Node and miner aren't that stable so far, one or the other seem to hang or crash every other day or so, so far - hope that was mostly during, and due to, the few-day blockchain sync, though it has happened a couple times since then as well.
HDMI output and WiFi on the Apollo 2 are not great so far, really hoping those can be majorly improved compatibility-wise. None of the monitors I have at the moment work, and the wifi is very finnicky and you need a separated 2.4 GHz network for it (basically, not a modern wifi setup, at least as most come by default these days, like using a single SSID for all wavelengths, etc)
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Hello!
I just received my Apollo 2 full node, and the basics are working great so far (I also have my Apollo BTC hooked up to it via USB, and they're both hashing away while the blockchain is still doing its initial sync). I hope there are more features to control various things soon, like the power/fan/voltage settings for each miner individually and such!
I'd also like to see an easy way to setup remote access to Ubuntu via the web GUI, thru standard RDP apps like Windows RDP... because I have had no issues getting in via SSH, but the Apollo 2 full node doesn't seem to work with ANY of my standard 4k monitors to access the Ubuntu GUI (no signal), and enabling xRDP or GnomeRDP through SSH terminal, using the usual methods, has not worked for me so far - I get a login screen when I RDP in, which loads and works properly and I can seemingly successfully login to, followed by a blank greenish background screen where I can only see my mouse pointer and not do anything else. This blank/green screen is a common issue with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 and xRDP, but none of the usual methods of solving it work for me so far, and I've tried every solution I can find a thread about or that Bing Copilot can possibly suggest... editing the xRDP.ini file in various ways (adding an [xrdp1] section with various settings like -1 for the port), and modifying /home/$USER/.xsessionrc with some GNOME/Ubuntu related lines. No luck with that stuff. I can seemingly connect and authenticate just fine, but something about the Apollo 2's standard 22.04 image is causing rendering issues or something over RDP specifically that can't seem to be fixed in the usual ways.
Anyone have any suggestion on a good easy way to get RDP from Windows working into the Apollo 2, from SSH commands only because I can't access the GUI (Ubuntu or Gnome, the full desktop GUI) in any fashion yet?
Thanks!
I just received my Apollo 2 full node, and the basics are working great so far (I also have my Apollo BTC hooked up to it via USB, and they're both hashing away while the blockchain is still doing its initial sync). I hope there are more features to control various things soon, like the power/fan/voltage settings for each miner individually and such!
I'd also like to see an easy way to setup remote access to Ubuntu via the web GUI, thru standard RDP apps like Windows RDP... because I have had no issues getting in via SSH, but the Apollo 2 full node doesn't seem to work with ANY of my standard 4k monitors to access the Ubuntu GUI (no signal), and enabling xRDP or GnomeRDP through SSH terminal, using the usual methods, has not worked for me so far - I get a login screen when I RDP in, which loads and works properly and I can seemingly successfully login to, followed by a blank greenish background screen where I can only see my mouse pointer and not do anything else. This blank/green screen is a common issue with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 and xRDP, but none of the usual methods of solving it work for me so far, and I've tried every solution I can find a thread about or that Bing Copilot can possibly suggest... editing the xRDP.ini file in various ways (adding an [xrdp1] section with various settings like -1 for the port), and modifying /home/$USER/.xsessionrc with some GNOME/Ubuntu related lines. No luck with that stuff. I can seemingly connect and authenticate just fine, but something about the Apollo 2's standard 22.04 image is causing rendering issues or something over RDP specifically that can't seem to be fixed in the usual ways.
Anyone have any suggestion on a good easy way to get RDP from Windows working into the Apollo 2, from SSH commands only because I can't access the GUI (Ubuntu or Gnome, the full desktop GUI) in any fashion yet?
Thanks!
What kind of monitors are you trying to connect?
Probably easiest solution is to run an VPN so you can easily access the Apollo webUI anywhere, unless you specifically need remote of the whole OS UI?
thanks for your help! I'd like to be able to remote into the whole machine via the Ubuntu GUI (or similar) to manage it and do some things that are difficult over SSH/Terminal, like setup and run some other services, or eventually run a lightning node or similar. Also would be easier in the GUI for me to comb logs and such when needed.
I have 2 different LG 4K OLED 120Hz monitors, different sizes/years. Though they are technically TVs, I use them exclusively as monitors and I've been surprised how compatible they are with all my old devices so far, such as old gaming consoles and as a second monitor for a bunch of different laptops/macbooks of varying ages. They seem to be compatible with any old 720p+ device I've tried so far, except the Apollo 2!
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo BTC Software/Image and Support thread
Hello!
I just received my Apollo 2 full node, and the basics are working great so far (I also have my Apollo BTC hooked up to it via USB, and they're both hashing away while the blockchain is still doing its initial sync). I hope there are more features to control various things soon, like the power/fan/voltage settings for each miner individually and such!
I'd also like to see an easy way to setup remote access to Ubuntu via the web GUI, thru standard RDP apps like Windows RDP... because I have had no issues getting in via SSH, but the Apollo 2 full node doesn't seem to work with ANY of my standard 4k monitors to access the GUI (no signal), and enabling xRDP or GnomeRDP through SSH using the usual methods has not worked for me - I get a login screen when I RDP in, which loads and works properly and I can seemingly successfully login to, followed by a blank greenish background screen where I can only see my mouse pointer and not do anything else. This is a common issue with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 and xRDP, but none of the usual methods of solving it work for me so far, and I've tried every solution I can find a thread about or that Bing Copilot can possibly suggest... editing the xRDP.ini file in various ways (adding an [xrdp1] section with various settings like -1 for the port), and modifying /home/$USER/.xsessionrc with some GNOME/Ubuntu related lines. No luck with that stuff. I can seemingly connect and authenticate just fine, but something about the Apollo 2's standard 22.04 image is causing rendering issues or something over RDP specifically that can't seem to be fixed in the usual ways.
Anyone have any suggestion on a good easy way to get RDP from Windows working into the Apollo 2, from SSH commands only because I can't access the GUI in any fashion yet?
Thanks!
I just received my Apollo 2 full node, and the basics are working great so far (I also have my Apollo BTC hooked up to it via USB, and they're both hashing away while the blockchain is still doing its initial sync). I hope there are more features to control various things soon, like the power/fan/voltage settings for each miner individually and such!
I'd also like to see an easy way to setup remote access to Ubuntu via the web GUI, thru standard RDP apps like Windows RDP... because I have had no issues getting in via SSH, but the Apollo 2 full node doesn't seem to work with ANY of my standard 4k monitors to access the GUI (no signal), and enabling xRDP or GnomeRDP through SSH using the usual methods has not worked for me - I get a login screen when I RDP in, which loads and works properly and I can seemingly successfully login to, followed by a blank greenish background screen where I can only see my mouse pointer and not do anything else. This is a common issue with Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 and xRDP, but none of the usual methods of solving it work for me so far, and I've tried every solution I can find a thread about or that Bing Copilot can possibly suggest... editing the xRDP.ini file in various ways (adding an [xrdp1] section with various settings like -1 for the port), and modifying /home/$USER/.xsessionrc with some GNOME/Ubuntu related lines. No luck with that stuff. I can seemingly connect and authenticate just fine, but something about the Apollo 2's standard 22.04 image is causing rendering issues or something over RDP specifically that can't seem to be fixed in the usual ways.
Anyone have any suggestion on a good easy way to get RDP from Windows working into the Apollo 2, from SSH commands only because I can't access the GUI in any fashion yet?
Thanks!
I find the term "timechain" cooler. 
yeah, that sounds pretty good. but more people nowadays it is more popular to use the term Blockchain. you like it and you can use the term. The most important thing is that you and the person you are talking to understand the same meaning.Timechain or Blockchain refer to the same meaning. What you share also adds insight for users who may not know the early history. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. some may agree, but some will probably stick to terms they understand better.
Fancy meeting you here, ChatGPT! Thanks for explaining the meaning of words, and summarizing a short post, I guess lol