Continuation from my original post : 7 days with the Apollo 2
You know those winter mornings where you struggle to get out of bed because you know it’s 1°C outside and the house is going to be bloody cold? After snoozing the alarm one more time and groaning as you pull back the duvet I promise you, you never get over the feeling of walking into the kitchen and half asleep thinking “Why is it warm in here?” - Two Apollo 2’s baby!
I have been enamoured with these things, I’m running two Apollo 2 miners that have been rock solid solo mining for a few months. Averaging 12Th/s @ 400W, with a slight hum of fans in the background. Incredible.
At the current difficulty I have a 1 in 350,000 chance of cracking a block EACH DAY. HOW BLOODY COOL IS THAT.
Really the main takeaway here is there is a company selling a home miner that has no compromises: minimal noise, adds another node to the network, decentralises the hashrate, looks good, feels good, smells good… you get the picture.
The picture :
These guys are going to be solo mining til the day they die whist keeping my kitchen a bit warmer than before.
Nothing else on the market like this, 10/10 recommend. Get your hash off zero!
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That’s really cool. This one is on my list. 😎
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i've had two standard apollo standards running for two years non-stop. Their products are built to last!
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Glad to hear this, always a bit nerve wracking buying a newly released product. These guys seemed liked they did their r&d
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do they still running? Solo too?
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yes, still running without issue. ive used them with several pools. Right now they are humming with public pool 🙂
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Awesome! I have one FutureBit Apollo 2 running, along with some other machines. Great to see someone else using one, too!
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Hell yeah! May the solo block be ever in your favour
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13 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 10 Jul
How about the cost of the machine? I remember they're about 2k USD?
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I can’t deny that these aren’t the cheapest machines though 2k USD would get you two devices. You could probably buy a $100 S9 that gets you the same hashrate but for 1300w and a lot of noise + heat. I was searching for efficiency and having a refined device I could run in my living areas.
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13 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 10 Jul
I like those odds anyway! I'm thinking about scaling up a bit since we're getting solar panels installed next month.
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Oh is this solar setup just for mining? Or full home setup? Be cool to have updates about it!
I mean my ideal setup would be a diy black box with a Whatsminer or 2 humming away ideally with solar - mining to my Apollo node obviously 😉
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 10 Jul
Nah, its just for general electricity usage as there's a government subsidy and a lot if sun here. I'll see how much is going back to the grid during the day and try to find a suitable miner to fill that gap.
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1 in 350,000 chance
How are you getting this number?
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Also the Apollo 2 dashboard has a counter built in
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Thanks for sharing!
This is the Telegram group that I consult from time to time: https://t.me/HomeMiningWizards
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There’s a telegram group?! Hell yeah thanks for the heads up!
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