Futurebit Apollo II
The APOLLO II is the culmination of almost a decade of work at Futurebit. The new interpretation of the successful Apollo BTC was developed as a system that offers the user the entire Bitcoin tool set in an easy-to-use package that anyone can run at home.
The APOLLO II Mining Desktop has been redesigned from the ground up. A mining desktop computer with modern 5 NM ASIC chips, a powerful ARM processor with up to 2 TB NVMe SSD and a power supply with 450 watts of power were integrated into a 6-inch (15.24 cm) aluminum housing.
The mining desktop achieves a performance of approx. 10 TH/s with an energy efficiency of approx. 28 W/TH at about 400 W power consumption.
You can use your APOLLO II Full Node as a personal Linux desktop. With its powerful ARM processor and up to 2 TB of super-fast NVMe, you always have the entire Bitcoin blockchain at hand and even more: in addition to the full node already known from the Apollo BTC, the APOLLO II has its own pre-installed STRATUM solo mining pool integrated.
The APOLLO II is available in the following versions:
APOLLO II FULL NODE
- 10 TH/s mining performance
- Full node with its own pre-installed STRATUM solo mining pool
- Linux desktop system
The flagship full-node product is a plug-and-play system equipped with an integrated modern ARM-based controller with 4GB of RAM and up to 2TB of SSD storage. The new Apollo OS 2.0 is pre-installed with integrated solo mining directly on your node!
Plug and play and ready to use
- Connect a monitor to it or configure the full node via Ethernet
- Automatically starts syncing a full Bitcoin node
- Apollo OS 2.0 is based on the modern Linux operating system Ubuntu 22
- Solo mining on your own pre-installed Stratum solo pool
APOLLO II STANDARD
This is the USB miner-only version of the product. Simply plug in the included micro USB cable into the back and connect it to your first generation Apollo II or Apollo BTC Full Node device to increase your hashing power.
You can pair the Apollo II Standard USB with any Windows or Linux PC or SBC such as a Raspberry Pi. If you already have a full node system or computer, this is a great way to add hashing power to your home setup and start mining.
Upgradeability built in
During development, attention was paid to upgradeability. Do you already own a FutureBit Apollo BTC? Futurebit has made the Apollo II standard unit backwards compatible with the Apollo Gen 1 Full Node unit. Simply connect the Apollo II Standard unit to the original Apollo and you can start mining with improved hash performance!
Quadruple your hash rate with a single unit upgrade
- Total 8TH/s at 300 watts in ECO mode
- Up to 13TH/s at 600 watts in TURBO mode
- Combine up to three Apollo II units for nearly 30 TH/s hashpower
The new Apollo OS 2.0
In 2018, FutureBit was the first to provide a user-friendly UX experience with modern features such as built-in WiFi for home mining. With the operating system now almost five years old, Futurebit decided to rebuild the entire user experience from the ground up, creating a modern look that paves the way for the future.
The power of having your own Stratum Solo Pool on your desk
With just a single setting change, your Apollo Full Node instantly becomes its own stratum pool, mining directly on your integrated node.
Mine solo with your Apollo and try to win the solo mining lottery by finding an entire Bitcoin block, or deploy your own pool in seconds and connect one or more Bitcoin miners to it.
Pools are no longer centralized to the few, but the power of Bitcoin mining is now made available to the masses.
Technical specifications:
Apollo II FULL NODE
- Size: 6.5″ x 6.5″ x 5.5″ (15.24cm x 15.24cm x 12.7cm)
- Weight: 2.75kg
- Hashboard: 6TH/s to 10TH/s* SHA256 mining performance
- Power consumption: 175 Watts in ECO mode up to approx. 375 Watts* in TURBO mode
- Fan: 1,000-7,000 RPM, low noise dual ball bearing fan (below 40 dba in ECO mode)
- 6 ARM core CPU at 2 GHz and 4 GB RAM
- 1-2TB NVMe SSD 2x PCIe storage
- Connections: Audio in/out, HDMI out, two USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, WLAN a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0
- Power supply: 90-240V AC input at 4A, 50-60Hz, 450W max
- C13 power connection
Apollo II USB standard
- Size: 6.5″ x 6.5″ x 5.5″ (15.24cm x 15.24cm x 12.7cm)
- Weight 2.26kg
- Hashboard: 6TH/s to 10TH/s* SHA256 mining performance
- Power consumption: 175 Watts in ECO mode up to 375 Watts* in TURBO mode
- Fan: 1,000-7,000 RPM, low noise dual ball bearing fan (below 40 dba in ECO mode)
- Micro USB connector
- Power supply: 90-240V AC input at 4A, 50-60Hz, 450W max
- C13 power connection (cold appliance plug)
*) +/- 10% performance information refers to board level. Eco mode is designed to deliver approximately 6TH/s and Turbo to approximately 9TH/s. 10-11 TH/s is achievable with custom settings, but with much higher noise levels and thermal stress on the system
