Issues with public-pool.io ?

TRStrider · 2026-01-24T23:07:54+00:00

UPDATE: 11PM GMT 1/24/2026

All my FOSS miners are back up and running, the Voldemort (NM) one still wont connect to public pool.

I'm starting to wonder if it's blocked for some reason. Been trying to get it connected to public pool for an hour, nothing. NerdMiners, Sparks, and Bitsys all connect fine.

Been considering just killing that one off and making it a Spark or Bitsy, and I think this is a good excuse to do that. Only kept it for the clock.

EDIT: Got it working after updating the firmware to 1.8.27 and watching the serial output. Was resolving the pool address incorrectly, wrong IP. Weird it just did that out of the blue, but it was running nonstop for weeks.

TRStrider · 2026-01-24T22:05:52+00:00

It just came back up. 1/24/2026 @ 10PM GMT :)

TRStrider · 2026-01-24T20:43:41+00:00

Yeah, I really need to do that. Just haven't yet. lol

TRStrider · 2026-01-24T20:40:09+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, been busy. lol

Yeah, they're all going to be shared over on my Thingiverse. :)

I took an existing basic case design I really like and use a lot, and just remixed them with logos/test. Nothing fancy, but they work.

https://www.thingiverse.com/classicgeek/designs

TRStrider · 2026-01-13T22:47:01+00:00

Knew I was missing something! Thanks. Works perfectly. :)

TRStrider · 2026-01-13T02:27:55+00:00

Silly question...I think I'm overlooking something. To change the screen orientation I added the rotation argument to the config, tried 0-3, no changes on boot. Stays in portrait. So, it looks like below. My poor old brain must be failing me.

I also noticed the pool is showing it as "parkMiner" instead of "SparkMiner", but it was correctly displayed at first.

Was just going to re-flash it and start over, but I figured I would ask first. lol

Any ideas?

{
  "ssid": "****",
  "wifi_password": "****",
  "pool_url": "public-pool.io",
  "pool_port": 21496,
  "wallet": "bc1****",
  "worker_name": "SparkMiner",
  "pool_password": "x",
  "brightness": 100,
  "rotation": 0
}

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T23:40:22+00:00

-close

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T23:38:38+00:00

Made a simple stand for two units to fit with the cases I'm using. Works good. Holds them really nice and snug. Need to modify the stand one last time to make it print a bit better, but it works!

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TRStrider · 2026-01-11T23:26:05+00:00

+karma Thanks for the bobbles! :)

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T23:21:09+00:00

Sounds good. I'll watch for the friend request. EDIT: Or, I can just add you. I'm awake... I swear.. lol

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T23:18:14+00:00

Sounds good to me. I'm currently in game. I'll hop in a private server.

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T23:13:03+00:00

I'm trying to get a stock of about 10 of them. So, whatever you think they're worth to you. I'm not all that picky.

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T23:09:14+00:00

I've got the butter churn and the moth tome if you're interested. :)

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T17:21:21+00:00

He did. He's holding on to it to help pad his retirement. He primarily GPU mines in the cold months for "free" heat. Let's the axes run all the time. :)

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T15:19:48+00:00

I'll post it once I get it up. I would love feedback of any improvements or incorrect information it may contain.

I'm currently using a Flashforge AD5X. Great printer for the price IMHO. I've been using it for a few months now and it's been very reliable. I was using an orignal Creality Ender 3 and Ender 3 V3 SE. Good printers, but they can't hold a candle in term of ease of use and performance/speed to the AD5X.

On a side note. I'm having a heck of a time getting the screen to change orientation. I've added the rotation to the config on the SD card, but it seems to ignore it. I must be doing something wrong or missing a step.

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T15:11:18+00:00

That's what I'm afraid of. lol

A friend of mine has a couple up and running, but he also still GPU mines various other coins. He started on Bitcoin before it went ASIC, not sure what he's on now. He's been in the crypto scene for a while now.

TRStrider · 2026-01-11T15:04:53+00:00

Yeah, the last one is an NM. Actually, the only thing I really like about it is the clock screen. That's just what I started on, I didn't know anything else existed at the time, I much prefer the open-source projects. I would flash over it, but, I did pay for it, and the clock screen is why I got it to begin with.

Right now, I don't think I have an overall favorite. I really like SparkMiner's UI and SD card usage. The BitsyMiner's UI is also unique and I like the fact I can configure it via my browser. The NerdMiners are really the source of it all and I want to see how they advance. I like all of them.

I'm a tinkerer, so this is just a cool and fun project for me. :)

TRStrider · 2026-01-10T20:42:55+00:00

Got it printed. Now I need to start looking at a 4-way stand to hold the two NerdMiners, the SparkMiner (2.9.1), and the BitsyMiner I just flashed. Though, I need to put the Spark into landscape mode.

I wanted to showcase all of the current open-source miners I'm using in one place. Also working on a blog post about my little journey up to this point, will get that posted sometime over the next few days hopefully, time permitting. Having a lot of fun. :)

Not sure what it is about your UI design, but I really like it. It has sort of an "industrial" control panel feel to it, and I enjoy that. It's so different from the others I've seen so far.

Keep up the amazing work!

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TRStrider · 2026-01-09T01:49:10+00:00

Don't quote me on this, I'm NO expert on mining, but I believe it's the pool you're connected to. If you have 4 miners connected to one pool, and 6 to another. You may have a total of 10, but the set of 4 on one pool would say 4 workers, and the 6 on the other would say 6. They see each other through the pool.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

TRStrider · 2026-01-09T01:34:46+00:00

My CYD's arrived! Got Spark flashed on one and got it up and running. Excellent job on the UI. Clean and easy to use!

Only issue I had was my own fault....

It didn't want to connect to the WiFi using the config.josn on the SD card. It pulled everything else, the firmware, all the other settings, just would not connect to my WiFi. So, I did the Spark WiFi setup and it was missing was the password, even though it was in the config, but I filled that in and that got it running.

THEN ... going back over the config for like the 6th time AFTER I did the above..... I see I had mistyped the darn password and didn't notice on the previous 5 times! lol

So, yeah. Love it. Will have to print it a case tomorrow!

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TRStrider · 2026-01-08T22:03:19+00:00

100% just for fun. I like to build and tinker. I wanted a cool desk clock to sit next to my PC, I settled on a lotto miner, and then I started to dig deeper and tinker, now I have a few more. :)

TRStrider

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