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In extreme cases like with faulty cooling it’s not possible to run at all. In these cases we need to shutoff ASAP to save the Bitaxe from damage.
In less severe cases like when the thermal paste is bad, fan is wearing out, or the room is too warm, I think the user should make some small adjustments and get back to hashing at full speed.

2025-06-02 14:24:28 UTC

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Satoshi? Maybe.

2025-06-02 14:19:45 UTC

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The missing piece, IMO is an open source server so someone can spin up a new version when they get co-opted by the state. Or even better; prevent it.

2025-05-31 13:31:20 UTC

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Maybe 0.1% of the way?

2025-05-31 13:27:59 UTC

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In many cases if the bitaxe has overheated something is wrong and needs to be manually addressed…

2025-03-01 18:13:32 UTC

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I’m not sure privacy is that important on a public forum? I’m mostly interested in being free of centralized shitshow Discord and utilizing FOSS

2025-03-01 18:11:23 UTC

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Let’s do it!

2025-03-01 18:10:39 UTC

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6000 users?

2025-03-01 18:02:00 UTC

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And amazing late 90s German acid trance

2025-02-15 17:04:18 UTC

Discord sucks. Whats the best decentralized solution? Matrix? IRC? I need super easy onboarding for potentially 6000 users.

2024-12-19 20:50:19 UTC

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new best meme!

2024-12-19 14:02:18 UTC

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what can I say, feeling ungovernable this morning 🤷‍♂️

2024-12-19 13:51:06 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/6198f6d2006c7f24f48c0f4251117d767376c8c61ac316a0fd60f522a581f3ed.jpg

2024-12-19 13:46:21 UTC

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2024-12-15 20:27:33 UTC

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Where is this place where you can’t get a legit Bitaxe, and how do we fix that?

2024-12-13 20:06:22 UTC

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It is VERY important to have a good low resistance 5V power connection for the Bitaxe… and this doesn’t look like it.

2024-11-29 02:51:21 UTC

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That temp looks suspiciously low.. are you running firmware v2.4.0?

2024-11-29 02:31:00 UTC

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Such a shitshow over there. Pretty happy to be done with them.

2024-11-25 05:43:41 UTC

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Bitcoin / lightning works pretty well!

2024-11-23 18:56:09 UTC

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I think there is a public-pool app in the start9 AppStore. If it’s not there yet, it will soon be. You can just install this and point your Bitaxe at the Start9 IP address.
I don’t have any guides handy yet.. this would be great to have someday.

2024-11-23 18:54:22 UTC

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Give it a try, it’s the best IMO

2024-11-23 18:48:52 UTC

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I’ve tried 3 times to zap you with Damus and it’s not working 😭
Nice work!!

2024-11-23 18:39:50 UTC

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Braiins is a proxy pool to AntPool, the biggest most centralized Bitcoin mining pool there is. You are obvs free to do whatever you want, but IMO solo mining (lottery style) to something like ckpool or public-pool is better. Even better yet is to host those services on your own node and mine directly to that, completely cutting out the middle man!

2024-11-23 18:36:29 UTC

Stacking sats is cool, but have you tried _building_ on/with/for Bitcoin??

2024-11-23 18:32:40 UTC

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It looks like you didn’t fully update to v2.4.0. Did you load both images esp-miner.bin AND www.bin?

2024-11-23 18:27:56 UTC

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Give solo mining a try!

2024-11-23 18:27:36 UTC

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Is this a Google WiFi setup? I’ve heard from a few folks having trouble there.

2024-09-20 16:03:11 UTC

Some miners travel easier than others… https://image.nostr.build/a61c74730d1d89aae6e1e8d9b30c4d6af55219c634ba901ea43442c77c3088b9.jpg

2024-09-16 01:44:54 UTC

It’s Kate, Grand Central, let’s hit it! https://image.nostr.build/e4d1729134103723ca65b06cdac7058891832c0205090800f30a99f77c70e862.jpg

2024-09-14 01:57:04 UTC

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Solo mining into a multisig is an interesting idea. I suppose you don’t need any special pool software to do this.. any solo pool will do. If you want to host this yourself, the easiest way is public-pool on Umbrel.

2024-09-13 15:42:54 UTC

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We have a pretty break neck release schedule, so there is always a “next generation” around the corner! Hopefully they are cheap enough to dive in whenever you’re ready.

2024-09-13 15:40:37 UTC

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Cheapest by far is to manufacture them yourself. Details at bitaxe.org

2024-09-13 15:39:21 UTC

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The Bitcrane is a Antminer controlboard replacement hack/tool. It has USB, but is not a higher-power device like a Bitaxe.

2024-09-13 15:38:17 UTC

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This is the issue exactly. Even USB-C PD with the chip you mention can’t provide enough power at 5V. I’m working on this for larger multi-chip Bitaxe though.

2024-09-13 15:36:21 UTC

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Standard USB-C PD does not provide enough current at 5V for the Bitaxe 😭 so it’s a little more involved change. But we’re working on integrating this into a future model!

2024-09-13 15:34:20 UTC

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Yo!

2024-09-13 15:33:21 UTC

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I heard for every 1000 Bitaxe sold @npub1qny…95gx will smash a closed source miner live on RHR!

2024-09-13 15:29:03 UTC

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@npub1vwf…lxtw and I did a teardown. It’s well built. ASICs are a bit dated, but noone really cares in home mining. The only thing I can’t figure out is how they made it so crazy cheap.

2024-09-13 15:25:35 UTC

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They were talking about the Canaan Avalon Nano3. It’s not really $99; they charge extra for the PSU. And AFAIK those cheap units are back ordered.
Solid machine though!

2024-09-13 15:22:44 UTC

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Hey, thanks for the #bitaxe shoutout and discussion! I think you nailed it on the motivation behind the project. There are a couple more interesting use cases, which I’d be happy to discuss with you if ya want. Lmk!

2024-09-13 14:46:59 UTC

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Facts

2024-09-13 14:46:24 UTC

“I love the Bitaxe!”, says @npub1qny…95gx as @npub1guh…6hjy shows off his quite stylish bitaxeSupra 🤘 https://image.nostr.build/cdb0c9568f4701a93ce060a403b8b9910a48dc131edbfe97ece00baee6cdfe66.jpg

2024-09-06 03:33:56 UTC

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🏴‍☠️

2024-08-28 22:59:43 UTC

I think Nostr is really catching on in Latvia! https://image.nostr.build/a4dfdcdb35a1d3df2edf0b713408f1f7001588663179c53fe29eeb08f061e386.jpg

2024-08-24 09:27:40 UTC

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Definitely seems possible, although I don’t have any immediate plans to build it. When Ethernet BLOCKCLOCK? 😉

2024-08-22 23:28:11 UTC

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Everybody could use more Raccoons!

2024-08-20 01:44:09 UTC

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That’s glorious! The SeedSigner IMAX

2024-08-19 18:18:11 UTC

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If your miner, stratum server and node are on the same local network, it seems like encryption is unnecessary?

2024-08-19 18:16:16 UTC

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Yeah, overheat mode sets the hash frequency and voltage to the lowest levels to prevent any more overheating. That will persist until you change it back in AxeOS.

2024-08-19 17:50:45 UTC

The bitaxeGamma is go! The newest member in the #bitaxe lineup features the BM1370 ASIC from the Antminer S21 Pro. So far we've been able to pull 1 - 1.2 TH/s at around 15 J/TH from a single chip 🤯
We've got #bitcoin global freedom money to secure here, so everything is open source and permissionless 💪 https://image.nostr.build/c8e66809242e9557573d52a95340e9505d68e500340ac3ba8e1d8aa7681c03d8.jpg

2024-08-19 02:23:05 UTC

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You can run your own node and mine to it directly!

2024-08-19 02:15:43 UTC

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It’s in overheat mode. Did you apply thermal paste? Try setting voltage and frequency to defaults, save and restart

2024-08-08 02:30:59 UTC

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I’m not really sure how to get parts in South Africa either! Have you talked with any local contact manufacturers? They may know how to source the parts.
Alternatively if you want to buy a few fully assembled Bitaxe you might talk to solosatoshi.com

2024-07-24 00:17:24 UTC

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Are you able to see the bitaxe disconnecting from your wifi AP logs? What brand router do you have? Bitaxe wifi is 2.4GHz only and kinda primitive.

2024-07-24 00:08:50 UTC

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This shouldn’t be happening. (It doesn’t on my end). I’d like to figure out what it is about your setup that is causing this. Are you on the OSMU Discord?

2024-07-17 05:11:59 UTC

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👀👀

2024-07-08 02:30:17 UTC

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Hack the planet!

2024-07-08 02:10:37 UTC

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Session Name: Open-Source Mining
Stage: Mining Stage
Time & Date: July 26, 2024 from 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Speakers: Skot9000 - Bitaxe, Kulpreet Singh - Independent, Matt Corallo - Block / Spiral
Content Host: Murch - Chaincode Labs
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Session Name: Decentralizing Hashrate For a More Robust Network
Stage: Mining Stage
Time & Date: July 27, 2024 from 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Speakers: John Stefanopoulos - FutureBit, Skot9000 - Bitaxe, Bob Burnett - Barefoot Mining
Content Host: Susie Violet Ward - Bitcoin Policy UK

2024-07-08 02:04:59 UTC

I’m on two Bitcoin mining panels at the Bitcoin conference! 26th at 1:30pm and 27th at 1:30pm, both on the mining stage 🤘 https://image.nostr.build/50a8eebb8c75d3f08f1e6ee99720ba5f6bbb855aac22b544f755b4290917194a.jpg

2024-07-08 01:58:56 UTC

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The best miner for behind the bookcase 😅

2024-07-04 01:18:19 UTC

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There have been bitaxe shares over 1T (not by me though 😅)

2024-07-03 23:38:31 UTC

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It should not get that hot. The kinda sounds like a bad barrel connector

2024-07-03 23:36:08 UTC

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No that’s not normal! Do you have multiple bitaxe stopping at the same time?

2024-07-03 23:08:44 UTC

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You need to setup a VPN to home network to access the bitaxe remotely..

2024-07-01 03:15:26 UTC

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Did the seller set you up with a new working PSU?

2024-07-01 03:10:46 UTC

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That’s not good! Did you talk to the seller about a replacement?

2024-06-28 16:43:56 UTC

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That does not sound good! Initially I’d say you have a bad power supply, but you said you replaced it. Please speak with the seller about a replacement.

2024-06-28 16:40:32 UTC

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I enjoyed Mandibles. Thanks for the recommendation

2024-06-28 16:39:41 UTC

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That’s correct… 2.4GHz WiFi only

2024-06-24 19:52:47 UTC

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I always thought it was strange/unfortunate how few in the hardware scene are also Bitcoiners 🤷‍♂️

2024-06-20 04:27:09 UTC

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Solution: leave your Bitaxe running for 40 minutes.

2024-05-25 13:36:51 UTC

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“A voice for discord” is the new “face for radio”😅

2024-05-17 15:16:38 UTC

Awesome time hanging at Bitcoin Park and getting to chat with these guys 💪 #note13yg…gwkm

2024-05-03 02:12:21 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/13aaa854cd09129ed58d08080dd99a8f0f144067dd2d81f6dc93046624b17635.jpg

2024-03-28 14:22:38 UTC

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Which ever you do, please do it ASAP! The network needs more independent miners, like yesterday.

2024-03-27 03:27:29 UTC

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Beautiful!

2024-03-27 03:25:22 UTC

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The big mega miners can’t move though.. they’re publicly traded, govt-regulated companies. Their shareholders will require them to comply.

2024-03-27 03:22:13 UTC

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Sigh, same here. I think a lot of miners didn’t fully realize what it takes to run these machines, and so they think they need a pool with lower variance.. another decision they’re not fully thinking through. 🤷‍♂️

2024-03-24 20:57:04 UTC

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Getting people to care is my goal.. and equipping them to actually do something about it.

2024-03-24 20:55:42 UTC

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The danger of censorship is real way before 51%

2024-03-24 20:52:50 UTC

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I’m trying to work it into my social media time more and more.

2024-03-24 20:44:08 UTC

Centralized Bitcoin mining is an attack on the network. https://image.nostr.build/4e6f0a41b98560b9af44e28f66aafa6cf6be555a1fad0fbbb3b7654b2197eb13.jpg

2024-03-16 19:58:02 UTC

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👀👀 looks like fun

2024-03-16 19:57:13 UTC

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He did help create PayPal.. 🤮

2024-03-16 19:16:37 UTC

Both Damus and Primal show an unread DM, but no way to see it or mark it as read 😭
Also I can’t seem to post on Primal.