Software Changelog

For updates, please run:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install atomminer-cli

Version 1.0.3RC11 02/20/2023

– added support for new algo SHA256csm

– minor bug fixes

Version 1.0.3RC10 02/15/2022

– added support for new AM01 BIOS 0.0.4.14
– fixed USB1.1 timeouts and fragmentation issues
– fixed various delays over USB protocol
– added Microsoft OS Descriptors for USB Devices support
– active USB device must report power management and suspended states are not supported to prevent downtime
– fixed issues with tribus algorithm providing false-positive results
– improved overall system reconfiguration speed
– fixed issues with IPC communication and command-line interface
– added native MacOS support
– fixed memory management on pool reconnect
– fixed high CPU usage on armhf platform

Version 1.0.3RC9 released on 01/18/2022

AM01 will now work correctly if connected to USB1.1 Hubs
native MacOS support
hashrate calculation is now made the same way pool would calculate hashrate
hashrate is now calculated for 1, 5 and 15 minutes avg
added new “flex-hashrate” algo support
keccak algo has been updated to support “flex-hashrate” feature
fixed numerous minor bugs and problems

What is flex-hashrate?
It is our new approach to calculate hashes. Flex hashrate allows up to +20% hashrate boost over time (not guaranteed).
New Keccak with flex-hashrate is now capable of 600Mh/s @ 16.9W. 600Mh/s is the guaranteed hashrate, anything over depends on many factors.

Version 1.0.3RC8 released on 07/05/2021

added K12 algo support
added forced job restart mechanism when job’s considered stale
added more detailed pool/network error messages
AM01 miners will be reprogrammed with the new firmware image once it is downloaded
fixed random crashes while mining with 3rd party pools
fixed epoch ODO change handling method

Version 1.0.3RC7 released on 05/07/2020

added blake2b-glt algo
added blake2b-tnet algo support
fixed problems with local cache getting stalled from time to time

Version 1.0.3RC6 released on 12/23/2019

fixed unexpected crashes when mining at NOMP pools
API server can be modified on the fly
added API authentification
added list of pools to API
added a lot of API reporting calls
added blockstamp algo support
added tribus algo support
added blake2s algo support
added ‘d1’ profit estimation and switching algorithm
fixed minor issues with local cache that could lead to occasional crashes
improved stale share detection

Version 1.0.3RC5 released on 07/24/2019

fixed odo to reduce amount of above target rejected shares
fixed miner not picking up sha256t and sha256q algos on profits witcher
fixed fimware versioning issue
fixed various cache issues during software update
added on-screen notification when new software version is available

Version 1.0.3RC4 released on 07/21/2019

removed annoying warning when mining with alien setup
on conf errors, software falls back to donate@atomminer.com until errors are fixed
alien pool, if setup, has higher priority than anything else
added support for client.reconnect command used by MRR and other services
added custom DNS servers
added compression and encryption to all API calls
added support for NOMP based pools that don’t follow stratum protocol
alien pool address can include optional “stratum+tcp://”
fixed groestl algo reporting wrong hashrate
fixed problem when miner stalls on raspberry W Zero
added myriad-groestl algo support
added sha256t algo support
added sha256q algo support
added odocrypt algo support
fixed algo version selection. newest available version of algo will be used
few minor internal improvements

Version 1.0.3RC3 released on 06/01/2019

added cpu and memory usage report to the CLI
added ‘-clean’ CLI command that will remove log and cache files
added software selfupdate mechanism along with manual update
old large log files are removed upon startup
skein2 algo support
gr0estl algo support
sha256 algo support
added 3rd party pools support
added firmware/ folder rescan every 60 seconds to pick up manually downloaded or custom algo images
optimized firmware updates to reduce internet traffic usage
firmware cache moved to more logical cache/ subfolder
fixed problem when cli is eating up all availbale system handles
miners being automatically reprogrammed with newer firmware version when it is downloaded and verified
fixed crash when firmware.cache is corrupted or has invalid data
properly implemented ‘-program’ cli command
added help output for most of the cli commands
added log to file conf option. currently unconditional logging is enabled for updates in log/update.log
added rigname validation to only allow ^[A-Za-z0-9-_]+ names
lots of internal improvements to lower CPU and RAM requirements