When this route makes sense
Use this route if you want to use StartOS instead, or if you are already running StartOS 0.4.0, which is the setup advised in the source notes.
There are two broad ways to expose the service:
- Forward a port from your router and give Braiins your home IP
- Use Start Tunnel and let it front the service for you
The second option is probably the correct way to do this generally.
Why Start Tunnel is the cleaner route
Start Tunnel acts like a router in the sky.
It forwards traffic to your home over VPN, lets some VPS provider know you’re a miner, gives you a static IP, and makes life much easier if your home connection does not have a static IP, which almost no one does.
It also means you do not have to hand Braiins your literal home IP unless you want to.
1. Install BIP-110 on StartOS
Grab the latest release here:
https://github.com/dathonohm/knots-startos/releases
Install that package on your StartOS box.
2. Install the DATUM gateway
Install the DATUM gateway from the Start9 marketplace.
Once it is installed, make sure it is the service you are actually exposing to Braiins, not some other node endpoint by accident.
3. Set up Start Tunnel
Get a VPS and install Start Tunnel using the official docs:
https://docs.start9.com/start-tunnel/1.0.x/
Then follow the instructions to make your DATUM gateway use Start Tunnel.
4. Point Braiins at the tunnel endpoint
When Start Tunnel is in front of the gateway, Braiins should use:
stratum+tcp://your-vps-ip:23334Replace your-vps-ip with the public IP of the VPS running Start Tunnel.
5. If you skip Start Tunnel
If you choose to forward a port directly from your router to the Start9 machine instead, the pool URL points at the StartOS box on your local network.
It will look something like:
stratum+tcp://192.168.x.y:23334Replace the private IP with the actual address of the StartOS machine.
This works, but giving Braiins your home IP is obviously less ideal.
What stays the same from the main guide
The Braiins side does not really change:
- Create the account
- Do the Telegram verification
- Fund the account with BTC
- Create the bid
- Enter the correct mining pool URL
- Use the correct pool username format for your DATUM setup
If you need the exact Braiins field-by-field guidance, use the main guide alongside this one:
https://rentsomehash.com/guides/braiins-ocean/
Why use this route
- You already have a StartOS box you trust, so you can reuse it instead of rebuilding the whole stack on a fresh VPS
- Start Tunnel gives Braiins a stable public endpoint without handing over your literal home IP
- Your node and DATUM stay on hardware you already control, which is the whole point of this route
- If you support BIP-110, this route lets you keep that node on StartOS and point rented hash at that setup