Bitfury B8 — Quick Start Guide SUMMARY This document includes all instructions for setting up your Bitfury B8 Miner. 1. Preparing the SD Card ....................2 2. Preparing the Bitfury B8 Miner for Firmware update ............3 3. Connecting to Bitfury B8 Miner ..................4 4.
Bitfury B8 — Quick Start Guide 1. Preparing the SD Card First, navigate to the latest SD card image and manual. Both items are located here: https://bitfury.com/hardware/support The image file should be unzipped and flashed to the SD card (The image file size will be approximately 4GB after unzipping.)
2. Preparing the Bitfury B8 Miner for Firmware update PLEASE NOTE: During its first run, the Bitfury B8 Miner will need to update its internal firmware. To allow firmware update, the special PROG jumper should be set according to the image below. Please only perform this operation when your Bitfury B8 Miner is switched off.
If the green LED does not turn on, please repeat this process. After the LED light turns on, please wait one minute and then locate your miner on the network via the administrative interface of your router (MAC addresses of the Bitfury B8 Miner begin with 16:BF:01):...
Bitfury B8 — Quick Start Guide 4. Joining a Pool To connect your Bitfury B8 Miner to a mining pool, open your miner web-interface and navigate to Miner → Settings → Pool menu: You should insert here your pool host or IP address, port, worker and worker password (provided by...
Bitfury B8 — Quick Start Guide 5. Remote Assistance The Bitfury B8 Miner is equipped with special features that allow you to provide access to Bitfury’s technical support team in case of issues. If you experience technical difficulties, email us at support@bitfury.com...
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3. sudo systemctl disable openvpn@openminer.service 4. sudo rm -rf /etc/openvpn/openminer.conf 5. sudo rm -rf /etc/openvpn/keys/ By executing these commands, all VPN configuration and keys used by your Bitfury B8 Miner to establish connection with Bitfury technical support team will be deleted.
Bitfury B8 — Quick Start Guide 6. Changing passwords Please change your passwords as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access to your Bitfury B8 miner: Web interface access: Login: test@example.com Password: Qw1Qw1Qw1 You should change your password via this web interface:...
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N.T. The information contained in this paper represents the current views of The Bitfury Group on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Due to ever changing market conditions, this paper cannot be considered as any obligation on the part of The Bitfury Group, and The Bitfury Group cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication.
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