Hey guys quick update for all Apollo Batch 1 Pre-orders. Final design is complete and we have all major components ordered/in production currently. ASICs are also in hand and PCB production should start next week.

Unfortunately we got screwed over with Trump China Tarriffs and had to switch out some non critical suppliers which is going to cause a 1-2 week delay from the original end of October start shipment date. We are probably looking first week of November to get the first orders out and all shipments should be done by Mid-Nov.

so a 2 week delay.

compared to squirrels research you are fine don't worry.

Been meaning to ask, where in Brooklyn are you?

The address you give is for a nice insta office. Since I don't think they would like you doing prototyping & soldering there I am guessing that you have an assembly place somewhere nearby. I'm on LI in eastern Nassau so even though I chose to have it shipped it might be nice to stop over and talk one day. That is, if either one of us can ever find that mythical thing called "free time".

-Dave

Yes heatsinks are our bottleneck right now and scheduled to land Nov 9th, so final assembly will be 12-16th and hope to get the first orders out by the end of that week.

The speed of the video speed up or what speed are you running them at?

Basic instructions are up in the support thread here:

https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5081750.0


Will be posting more detailed instructions in the next few days as well as on the site, but this has the image download and basic instruction to get started if you received your unit!

Happy to announce that all pre-orders have finally shipped!

We will be opening up orders soon for our in-stock units we have left over from Batch 1.

Very few units are available on bitshopper for anyone wanting to pick one up in Europe that does not want to deal with import and VAT. Link below:

https://www.bitshopper.de/shop/scrypt-miner-en/standalone-miner-scrypt-en/futurebit-apollo/?lang=en

Not sure if this helps anyone make a decision - but these are super high quality rigs developed by a super high quality guy who is responsible for the Moonlander, Moonlander 2 and now this rig... Even with beta version 0.0.1 of the mining software based on Minera, it's super stable - I have quite a few of them myself, and they run without interruption for weeks at a time. Software is in active development.

Yes, given you can get dumpster rate on L3's for lots less per MH, but that Chinese garbage doesn't hold a candle to impression you'll get with a few of these on your desk. Try that with an L3.

Anyway, if you have any questions from someone who has owned all of JStef's rigs and this one in particular, drop me a PM. Happy to help.

Peace,
r00t

Batch 1 has been sold out! Thanks for everyone that made the initial Apollo launch a success!

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