Hey there :]
I was curious if anyone has managed to access the S19 models through SSH. From what I've seen with earlier models, it seems like you could solo mine by adding btc-address to /etc/init.d.
I've noticed some folks asking about this too, so if anyone can help out, that'd be great!
The main issue with doing that is the much higher risk of having your block orphaned i.e. getting no BTC.
You need to setup a good worldwide bitcoin node distribution for any blocks you might find.
The post you quoted is 6 years old, nobody in their right mind would solo mine using their own node for the sole purpose of mining.
Unless you want to help "decentralize" bitcoin mining (although not sure your S19 mining solo to your own node changes the mining centralization by any measure), or you are doing this for research purposes, just use a solo pool, you pay a tiny fee of 1% and everything is set up for you, it will probably cost you a lot more to own a pool that is as reliable and connected as any of the solo mining pools.
Also, the post talks about S3 and the rest of the old mining gears which had SSH enabled, starting from S15 (or maybe S11) onwards SSH was disabled by Bitmain on most firmware versions, up to the 17 series you could SDcard your way in and enable SSH, but with the S19, as far as I know, nobody has given out the secret, Someone from Vnish team said they already cracked the S19, but nothing has been posted publicly, so no SSH for your S19 yet.
Thanks for your comments guys!
i have multiple wallets so no problem with sharing my node across plant.
my quote of the 6 years old post , was just to show you how simple it the fix - the problem with solo mining and pool mining is that pool mining requests your username via stratum and then compensate you on the BTC address which is associated with username . which means if you could pass in your wallet address , you're all done!!
I know mining is very difficult these days, although everyone has the same chances of solving a block << the main reason for this mini pool is that my friends and i can mine on our own, our hashing power combined is well over 2.5 Ph/s
is there any way i can pass in my --BTC-address from my s19 to bfgminer as a stratum-port ?
Not sure I understand what you are trying to say here.
While 2.5PH is more than good enough hashrate for an individual or a few people, it's just a drop in the ocean as far as mining is concerned, your chances to hit a block are
http://solochance.com/
This is more like gambling, to be honest.
No! ... Not before someone "hacks" those S19s.