September 24, 2026Algorithms
Support for Blake2b and Goldshell HS5, SC5 Pro II, SC6 SE added
FARMGOD now reads Blake2b miners, the machines that mine Siacoin: Goldshell's HS5, SC5 Pro II and SC6 SE.
Blake2b is the sixth algorithm FARMGOD speaks, after SHA-256, Scrypt, kHeavyHash, Equihash and Eaglesong. It is the one Siacoin is mined with, and Goldshell builds the machines for it.
The miners
- Goldshell HS5
- Goldshell SC5 Pro II
- Goldshell SC6 SE
What you get
- Found by the scan. A network scan picks them up like any other miner, with model, firmware and pools.
- The right units. Hashrate and efficiency are shown in the units Blake2b is measured in.
- Its own place on the overview. Blake2b has its own hashrate and miner count in the header, and its own line in the fleet chart.
- Its own economics. Rewards and costs are worked out for Blake2b on its own, not mixed into the Bitcoin numbers.
- Pools. Pool settings can be kept for Blake2b separately, for the whole fleet or a single Device-Set.
Capabilities
What you can do with these miners from the dashboard:
| Goldshell HS5 | SC5 Pro II, SC6 SE | |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reboot | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pool settings | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sleep and wake | ✓ | – |
| Curtailment | ✓ | – |
