FutureBit Apollo II is more than just a Bitcoin ASIC miner for home users

The new FutureBit Apollo II has been officially announced and will be available in three versions with shipping starting in the first quarter of next year (2024), with pre-orders expected to be available from December 8th. This device is designed and built in the USA and is so much more than just a Bitcoin miner aimed at home users, I’m not sure how to describe it. Although the Apollo II Standard ($799 USD) is essentially a fancy USB-based Bitcoin ASIC, it’s a miner capable of delivering hashrates of up to 10TH/s with a power draw of around 400 watts, and the device can be installed on existing Apollo nodes or newer You can add new hashes or extend existing hashes by connecting the Apollo II Full Node to a computer or RPi. strength. As the name suggests, the new Apollo II Full Node ($1099 USD) includes a full Bitcoin node, and the device itself consists of a miner + full node + Linux desktop system, with the mining portion essentially being a standalone device. Same as Full nodes feature a modern ARM-based controller with 4GB of RAM and up to 2TB of SSD storage, and come pre-installed with dedicated Apollo OS 1.0, enabling direct, zero-configuration solo mining. word. The third version is the FutureBit Apollo II Founders Edition ($1999 USD) with all Full Node features. However, it may ship first as it includes some extra extras, such as a cooler-looking orange case with a transparent top. A limited number of units are available.

We first remember hearing about FutureBit on Bitcointalk in 2016 after jstefanop announced that he was developing a USB-based Scrypt ASIC miner to test the FutureBit MoonLander USB Scrypt ASIC miner. We really liked the design and how the device worked at the time, but later came the improved FutureBit Moonlander 2. Then came the Apollo LTC miner and an upgrade kit that could take it to a full node, the Apollo BTC miner and a full node. Now the next innovation is here with improved hashrate, power efficiency, and functionality. FutureBit’s miners are intended for home users rather than large-scale mining farms and are designed around the ideas of quality and reliability, quiet operation at home and useful additional features. So don’t expect this to compete with the latest generation of ASIC miners designed for large-scale Bitcoin mining. Although in terms of efficiency Apollo II compares very well in terms of efficiency with the current generation Bitcoin mining ASICs on the market.

– For more information about Apollo II, check out the official FutureBit website.

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