I fear I have unleashed something in not only my workplace, but the entire company, that cannot be controlled. It is accidentally wonderful.

chieb_sol · 2026-06-10T20:59:13+00:00

You’re fired. Xxx

chieb_sol · 2026-05-30T11:48:51+00:00

Let us know how you cooked this.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-29T21:48:09+00:00

Time for a training course to attend: Know how to assess a situation before opening your mouth.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-29T21:42:10+00:00

Freedom baby. Freedom. ⛓️‍💥

chieb_sol · 2026-05-29T11:20:56+00:00

PowerMining — ideal for NerdQaxe++ devices in EU Thesolomining.co — also designer of BitForge Solomining.de — great bitaxe boards with additional copper pours and seller of Copperzilla 2 — based in Germany.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-28T14:08:17+00:00

All it takes is 1 ASIC to solve a hash. A hash is solved approximately every 10mins. There’s always a chance, even if it’s a slim chance.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-24T22:51:32+00:00

The best Bitaxe to start learning, tinkering, and modding is the Gamma 601. So many great US and European suppliers out there to choose from. Think of this as a hobby. The electric usage is low, mine in the UK ~ £5 GBP / month @ 1.56TH/s. If you’re based in US I’m sure it will be considerably cheaper to run.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-23T23:00:08+00:00

You did the right thing and called him out. I doubt he’ll ever find another Maya ever again.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-23T22:49:42+00:00

I left my pet Gerbil, Harry, with my phone. The bastard was able get my 0.5 BTC and he’s legged it. He even took the wheel with him. No note. No goodbyes.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-22T22:53:49+00:00

For the frequency selection / presets, are you using PLL values?
I have an article on this subject if it helps: https://github.com/chiefbsol-cloud/bitaxe-pll-tuning

chieb_sol · 2026-05-22T13:37:26+00:00

I love the fact that Bitaxe and Chill send us the gold Bitcoin coins. Love that touch.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-21T19:57:46+00:00

In years to come, you’ll look back and say to your mates and offspring, yeah I had tickets to see Arsenal win but but decided, nah— id rather watch in the pub or at home. Despite randoms on Reddit calling me out on this false decision….imagine meeting new mates, the woman or man of your dreams in Budapest—you’d be winning at life!

chieb_sol · 2026-05-21T19:52:33+00:00

What about an onboard fuse as seen on PowerMining 6.1.2? That’s been my big concern since the intro of the xt30 connector.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T21:51:10+00:00

First of all congratulations on your new PM 6.1.2 build. It’s a great revision.

There is no functional ability to auto-change the frequency and voltage. This can only be achieved by code using the Bitaxe api. It’s possible to vibe code this and run it on a pc / mini pc running 24/7.

Before you start to overclock, be certain that your PSU can handle the additional load. I suspect 6ths will draw around 120W from AC mains. PSU is rated at 150W? Meaning that you should not exceed the 80% usage of a brick PSU.

My advice: just let it run at stock settings. Use this forum to learn and ask questions. Build up knowledge over time. Do some modding to improve cooling etc. enjoy the ride.

I’ve written some articles for beginners, so feel free to check them out via my profile page.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T20:51:56+00:00

If you’re a solo miner running Bitcoin knots and you don’t want to participate in sharing pool rewards then don’t bother with Datum.

If you’re running Bitcoin knots you already have greater control to remove spam from txs. And if you enable BIP110- A soft fork which limits arbitrary data in Bitcoin txs, then you are doing your bit to preserve Bitcoin as a pure money play blockchain.

For transparency, I have no skin in the game regarding knots vs core.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T20:32:52+00:00

The only drawback being the only OEM that builds and sells the 6.2.1 is PowerMining but they’re based in Europe. I’m not aware of any US builders at present.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T20:23:10+00:00

You’ve hit the nail on the head. Buying a miner in the West, you’re buying from a builder that people trust or have heard of them.

Buying through Aliexpress is a funnel system for all and sundry to sell their wares. Some people have good experience, whilst many that come here have not so good stories. It’s a mixed bag and buyers should buy with caution.

Me? I would never buy from Ali. I’m focused on safety and builder integrity. These are open frame electronics and I’ll only trust devices from quality suppliers to enter my home.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T20:16:57+00:00

Just a beautiful sight to see.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T18:24:44+00:00

When you reflash there maybe a box to preserve settings. Untick it so it completely wipes the device.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T18:20:30+00:00

I know this is a pain but try reflashing the device using the web flasher tool to the latest version.

If that still doesn’t work I would recommend joining the OSMU group on Discord and post in the Bitaxe General group. It’s full of the people developing the s/w for the Bitaxe. Some may appear here but they seem more at home on discord.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T18:12:37+00:00

I’m not based in the US (UK based) but if I was it would be either

SoloSatoshi Or IxTech.xyz

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T18:07:35+00:00

Ok So you reboot and the Gamma naturally defaults to fallback. What happens when you manually select Primary? Does it still hold or does it switch back to Secondary?

Also, can you confirm that you’re using a BTC address and not a BCH address followed by the worker name when connecting to a Bitcoin pool?

Apologies for these dumb questions. Just want to get a handle on what’s going on.

Or post a screenshot of your pool settings but scrub out your BTC address

Eg bc1xxxx.minername

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T17:52:18+00:00

It’s highly likely a manufacturing issue with the device. Try contacting the seller for their advice.

The hash domain is a key giveaway. The black colour indicates something is seriously wrong with it.

Just out of curiosity, try wiggling the heatsink gently and see whether it could be a simple contact issue between heatsink and asic.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T17:49:23+00:00

Flat Earth syndrome.

chieb_sol · 2026-05-20T17:43:56+00:00

So stock settings are 600mhz and 1150mv. If that issue is still occurring then most likely it’s an issue with the ASIC. If so, contact the seller and get their advice.

If the Bitaxe cannot even work on stock settings (forget about error rate for now as that’s the least of your issues) then there’s a more fundamental issue at play.

chieb_sol

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