BergmannOS-New Linux-based OS for mining
BergmannOS new Linux-based OS for mining
BergmannOS is a software package which provides a complete solution for mining automation for popular cryptocurrencies. The system allows for complete 24/7 remote control of connected devices. It provides almost complete automation of the entire farm operation and elimination of errors occurring during the operation.
BergmannOS will be included in the Bergmann ecosystem, which offers a variety of services and solutions for members of the cryptocurrency industry. Holders of BERG tokens will be able to access various industry services, such as an integrated and automated exchange trading adviser and others. BERG token holders can pay for all Bergmann platform services using the tokens purchased during ICO.
Сurrent Stage of the Project
During the ICO the BERG token holders are offered to participate in testing of the main functions of the BergmannOS beta-version. The users of the system will have access to the following functions:
- Remote control and monitoring of devices for cryptocurrency mining through
the web interface.- Native mobile interface.
- Automatic optimization of devices:
a. Selection of the most affordable and profitable pools.
b. Timely selection of the most profitable currencies.- Intelligent subsystem for automatic GPU overclocking.
- Mobile notifications about the current status and failures, if any.
- Output of statistical information and reports about the operation of the
system.
Through ICO, we offer the BERG token holders a product in its final stages nearing completion. Fundraising is done to complete the final part of the system and the introduction of additional modules based on machine learning algorithms and BergmannOS data analysis.
Objectives of the Placement and the Use of Collected Funds
As a result of the ICO, the collected funds will be allocated towards completion of BergmannOS system development and implementation of additional algorithms, machine learning and data analysis, development of Bergmann ecosystem as well as the marketing campaign.
Table 1. Distribution of the ICO Investment
| # | Objectives | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Completion of BergmannOS | 500, 000 USD |
| 2 | Development of the Bergmann ecosystems (new modules, smart mining, algorithmic trading platform) | 1, 500, 000 USD |
| 3 | Marketing campaign | 500, 000 USD |
| 4 | Operating expenses | 250, 000 USD |
| 5 | Legal fees | 250, 000 USD |
Project
BergmannOS monitoring system performs around the clock control of user devices, informs about failures and automates all possible processes. Users only need to select the currency and purse for mining, after which the user can just observe the rigs operation through the web interface or our native mobile application.
Cryptocurrency market has been showing a steady growth throughout the years of its existence. Governments of major countries and large organizations are not left behind and are implementing crypto technology in a variety of fields of activity, from medicine to legal institutions. However, the community of private cryptocurrency users (ordinary users, developers, speculators, miners) is still leading the way. Our solution is aimed primarily at this group of private users.
Scalable power has given rise to qualitatively new problems that compute nodes operators have not faced before. To date PoW-currencies can be divided into two groups:
- Currencies, based on algorithms, which have specialized calculators (ASIC)
- Currencies with the calculations performed using standard general-purpose
hardware (CPU, GPU).
The first group of currencies has devoted software tools for monitoring and management, developed together with the hardware as a complete solution. However, this league nowadays has a very high barrier to entry because of the
increasingly larger sums required for initial investment. The pillars of the industry play in this league. The new generation of currencies, such as Etherium, Monero, Zcash, which are currently affordable for mining, are using algorithms that do not allow the creation of specialized calculators.
Profits distribution model among the members of the network involves a fixed payment proportionally divided between everyone involved in the computation block, depending on the duration of activity and the processing power of devices
belonging to the miner. Therefore, mining farms operators for the second cryptocurrency group need to constantly monitor the stability of the equipment operation and eliminate malfunctions in a timely manner.
Together with the increased number of devices, the time which had to be spent on setup and monitoring, transformed the management into a full-time hard work. Labor-saving software system for farm operators gradually began to appear.
Originally they were created by the same enthusiasts that started mining, so they were not professional and were designed on a hunch, not based on well-chosen principles of software design.
This is not an abstract project but the software that is currently ready for normal use for all the basic functionality. Simplification of control, saving time and resources, increase of devices efficiency and stabilization of miner payments –– these are the main objectives that have guided the Bergmann team to create BergmannOS
Project Description
Based on the results of the research into the needs of people engaged in mining, we have developed Bergmann hardware-software complex, representing aset of mutually integrated applications, divided into two functional parts:
- Client operating system with a set of programs for data collection, management of equipment and communication with the second part of the system;
- The management server that provides the logic and interface for remote interaction with the applications installed on the clients’ rigs.
Operating System for Mining Rigs
It is a system that provides flexibility, stability, and minimizes unnecessary functionality implemented on the basis of Linux. The interface has been reduced to an absolute minimum: the user only has access to a rig registration feature, the rest of the work is conducted through a web interface provided by the management server, located at the company's facilities.
Rig Remote Control System
This system consists of a complex server application with the main task of receiving data from the rigs registered in the system, collecting it, presenting it ondemand through a web-based interface, and sending commands and data necessary to control the process of mining to the individual rigs.
Parameter Optimization Module
Through methods of machine learning and algorithms of intelligent data analysis Bergmann will choose the most appropriate configuration parameters to improve performance of connected devices. By analyzing the performance data, the system will increase the efficiency of other modules.
Application of product
BergmannOS was designed to improve the monitoring and control of devices used for cryptocurrency mining. Automated system offers users a number of advantages over the existing solutions in the market:
24/7 Stable Control over the Farm
After installing the operating system on the units, the user launches remote monitoring of his/her devices, and controls the operation of the system. If any malfunction occurs, the system automatically attempts to fix the problem and resume the normal operation of the rigs.
- Automatic and Manual Modes for Rig Parameters Setup
Users can optionally disable parameter selection automation and manually adjust the performance of each GPU. However, in this case BergmannOS cannot ensure stable cryptocurrency production and stable operation of the rigs, because the initial settings of the system are the most optimal and the safest. - Smart Mining
Automatic production of the most profitable currencies will be implemented in BergmannOS through Zephyr global update. The system will analyze the data for every particular currency, and will select the most relevant one, in view of its current mining complexity. - GPU Autotuning
The system automatically sets the most secure and optimal parameters of video cards, which allows to increase the farm’s hash rate by 3-5%. At the same time, the user may use the manual settings and reduce the amount of energy consumed by the graphics cards (up to 5%). - Instant Mobile Failure Notifications
The user can enable notifications on several channels: by e-mail, through the web interface, push-notifications to the smartphone or tablet – through a native mobile application. - Reports on the State of the Farm, Individual Rigs and even the Devices
Once a month, the user will receive reports on the operation of the entire farm and individual rigs within it, which will allow him/her to monitor and analyze the performance of video cards and plan further operation strategy. - Cryptocurrency Market Quotations and Intuitive
Inside BergmannOS, the user can access the information from various cryptoexchanges on all cryptocurrencies. The user can connect any currencies, even if they were not pre-installed in the system. - Intuitive and User-Friendly Interface
The interface of the mobile and browser versions is designed with a focus on the users’ convenience. It is simplified in accordance with the concept of minimizing the number of actions and offers visualization of the operation of rigs and video cards.
The market of integrated monitoring systems is now only at the initial stage of its development. There is a small number of services that offer the ability to automate the operation of rigs in one way or another. These systems are imperfect and rarely demonstrate stable operation when connecting more than fifty rigs.
Project Team
- Anton Pchelintsev
Project lead, author of the idea. In charge of the project management and the group operation as well as control over the strict adherence to the original idea - Andrey Chertikhin
Architect, analyst. Analysis of the scope of activity, drawing up of system requirements, design - Dmitry Savonin
Programmer. Server side development - Alexey Petukhov
Programmer. Client side development - Kirill Nikulin
Programmer, mathematician, analyst. Development of mathematical algorithms - Oxana Danilova
Programmer, mathematician, analyst. Performs work related to machine learning and data analysis - Maria Starikova
Marketing specialist, promotion specialist. Engaged in the organization of the information environment of the project - Anastasia Murasheva
Linguist, translator, cross-cultural communicator
ICO is a completely new form of investment attraction, where a full-fledged system for protecting the interests of both project creators and investors has not been developed. Also, the legal status of both cryptocurrencies and ICO in many
countries is still not fully defined. This, in turn, affects the formation of a series of risks that should be taken into account both by the teams entering the ICO and by investors.
Internal Factors
When attracting investments, there are always internal factors that can affect the development of the project and the successful promotion of products in the market. Some risks will be considered below.
- Human Factor
- Financial Stability
- Technological Challenges
- Marketing Challenges
External Factors
- Political Situation Impact on the Market Development
- Cryptocurrency Markets Dynamics Impact
- Existing and Prospective Legislation of the Territory
- Market Entry Timing
Analyzing the shortcomings of previous generations of programs and operating systems, the Bergmann developers have created an effective platform for optimizing the operation of users' devices.
Overview of the Token
The BERG token is an option secured by the service contract offered by the Bergmann project. Service tokens are used to pay for services within the system, including a monthly fee, which is debited from the user's account once a month.
The Bergmann system token will be available on the Ethereum platform using the standard ERC-20 protocol.
The number of issued tokens will be limited to 1,764,708 BERG.
Issue of tokens will be made only during the ICO.
Investments during the ICO will be accepted in ETH
The cost of 1 BERG is $ 3.
BERG tokens are backed by a contract for the provision of services within the Bergmann system. Holders of the option use tokens to pay a monthly fee for use. Applicability is not limited to the BergmannOS complex, tokens will also be accepted by the rest of the structural elements of the ecosystem.
TokenSale
BERG tokens will be released in limited quantities only during the ICO. Participants of the campaign must be resident investors of jurisdictions in which participation in such events is not contrary to domestic law.
The date of sale of the tokens is established by the issuer and is scheduled for
the following days:
Start of the ICO — 11.12.2017 (December 11, 2017)
The sale of tokens will be carried out in one stage on the Ethereum platform based on a smart contract. The total number of tokens emitted by Bergmann is 1,764,708 BERG.
Information about the start of the token sale will also be published in a press release on the official websites of news agencies, the Bergmann platform website, the official BergmannOS website and in any media at the discretion of the issuer of the Bergmann system token.
- Cancellation and Suspension of the Token Sale
Bergmann may refuse to sell tokens or reduce the number of emitted tokens before the start of the ICO. The Issuer is obliged to report this no later than 4 days before the start of the campaign. - Refund
During the ICO, there is no minimum threshold for collected funds. The desired amount of collected investments is $ 3, 000, 000. - The Minimum and Maximum Amount of Investment
In the Ethereum blockchain, the minimum transaction amount is 1/1018 ETH, the so-called wei. The maximum amount of transfer will depend on the number of available tokens at the moment. - Payment Methods
BERG tokens will be purchased on the official website of the Bergmann system. Purchase of tokens can only be done with ETH.
Token Distribution Regulation
Total number of tokens issued - 1 764 708 BERG. The BERG tokens will be distributed as follows:
● 10% of tokens (176 471 BERGs) will be distributed to the BergmannOS
project
● 3% of tokens (52 942 BERGs) will be assigned to the team
● 2% of tokens (35 295 BERGs) will be distributed according to the bounty
program
● 85% of tokens (1,500,000 BERs) will be on sale during the ICO
The unallocated tokens remaining after the campaign will be destroyed. Team Tokens will be frozen for a period of 6 months after the end of the ICO. Then there will be a gradual defrosting of the funds.
Categories of Investors
The token sale during the ICO will take the form of crowdfunding and does not imply any restrictions on the category of investors. The ICO is open to all able citizens who have reached the age of entitlement to perform basic financial
transactions and who are citizens of jurisdictions that do not impose restrictions on the performance of such transactions.
- Participation in the Future Profits
No dividends are provided to holders of tokens. - Benefits of the Token Sale
Not provided. - Sale Terms
Terms of sale are the same for all buyers.
Minimum Investment Wei on Ethereum platform – 1/1018 ETH is accepted as a minimum amount of investment.
Time for Completion of the Token Sale
For the ICO, there are clear start and end dates for the sale of tokens:
● ICO: December 11, 2017 — March 11, 2018
BergmannOS ICO does not provide for a lower threshold of collected
investments, because the project will be completed one way or another. However, for the implementation and promotion of the project, the optimal amount of investmentis:
● ICO — $3, 000, 000
The release of BERG tokens will be completed by the end of the specified
period and the collected funds will be directed to the implementation of the project,
even if the amount involved is less than the desired threshold.
- Prices
The established price of 1 BERG is $ 3. The price of the token is determined by the cost of the subscription fee for using one rig for a month.
Discounts of up to 33% will be provided to investors during the ICO stage depending on the stage of release of the tokens.
Placement and Sale of Tokens
The sale of BERG tokens will only be conducted on the official website of the Bergmann system. In view of the danger of attacks by malicious users, the address of the smart contract will not be published in social networks, on the official branches of forums or the channels for instant messaging. The link to the address of the smart contract will be posted on the Bergmann system website before the start of the sale. The project team is not liable for losses incurred by investors if they used a link to an address not published on the official website of Bergmann.
Token Emission
One stage of the ICO is planned. The funds received as a result of the ICO will be used to refine the beta version of the Bergmann monitoring system and the marketing campaign.
Discounts of up to 33% will be provided to investors during the sale
depending on the stage of the ICO. The token’s estimated price is $3. The size of the
benefit can be estimated based on the following data:
- The cost of one BERG in the first period of ICO (the first month) — $2.
- The cost of one BERG in the second period of ICO (the second month) — $2,5.
- The cost of one BERG in the third period of ICO (the third month) — $3.
Upon reaching the amount of $ 3,000,000, the ICO will be closed. If this amount is not received within three months, the campaign will end in a predetermined period. The funds received will be used to further develop and maintain the initial infrastructure.
The Bergmann team considers the possibility of withdrawing funds from the account after each stage of the ICO. These funds will be used to accelerate the completion of BergmannOS, in order to present the fully finished product as soon as possible.
Fundraising Expectations
● ICO - $3, 000, 000
During the first two periods of the crowd-sale, investors are given a discount
on the option of up to 33%.
This campaign is designed to raise funds directly to ensure the implementation of the roadmap for the creation of the Bergmann system.
| № | Parameter Data |
|---|---|
| 1 | Benefit size Up to 33 % |
| 2 | Token Price 3 USD — subscription fee for 1 month for use of 1 rig (unit) |
| 3 | Total number of tokens for sale 1, 764, 708 BERG |
| 4 | Fundraising expectation 3, 000, 000 USD |
| 5 | The term 91 calendar days |
| 6 | Referral Program Not available |
| 7 | Token limitations Cannot be cleared during ICO |
- Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market
The holders of the BERG tokens have the right to freely trade the acquired tokens after the ICO and the release of the token to the exchange in 2018. - Stabilization
Bergmann does not guarantee the stabilization of the price of BERG tokens - Name and Class of Tokens for Sale
Full name of the tokens: Bergmann
Short name of the tokens: BERG
Token class: utility-token, issued as an option to a service contract.
Market Overview
According to an analysis conducted by Coinspeaker and ICOBox, the growth of the cryptocurrency market during the three quarters of this year is 46.47%, 267.39% and 54.03% respectively. The lower growth rate of the third quarter is due
to news about the closure of crypto exchanges in China and restrictions on the turnover of cryptocurrencies in a number of other countries. The market capitalization of altcoins has shown growth since January 1, 2017 - from 12.33% to 58.15%. In the third quarter, there was a drop to 51.34% (as of October 1, 2017).
During this period (before October 1, 2017), there was an increase in the cost of cryptocurrencies, in particular Bitcoin (up 450%, from $972.85 to $4,336.09), Ethereum (35-fold increase, from $8.24 to $302.20), Litecoin (increased 12-fold, from $4.65 to $55.07).
Analyst Ronnie Moas sees the cost of Bitcoin of $15,000 to $20,000 by the end of 2020. If the price continues to grow, as in 2017, rising from $689.80 for Bitcoin from the beginning of July last year, Bitcoin will reach about $20,000 at the next
reduction of compensation per block in half in 2020. There are also independent estimates that state that the price will rise to $1 million for Bitcoin.
Competing Products and Technologies
Most of the miners use inconvenient means of remote monitoring of their rigs, as there are not enough "turnkey" solutions. At the same time, existing systems often do not support a large number of units, they do not eliminate failures on their own and do not show high stability of work. None of the systems that are currently on the market are user-friendly
The proposed solutions are in most cases inefficient, costly and energyintensive. To control the operation of devices, the miners use existing monitoring systems that are not adapted to remote monitoring of the operating system on the
units. Failure reports do not come to the mobile devices (which would greatly facilitate the control of the rigs), but are sent by e-mail, or not at all. Naturally, this way of working is unreliable.
Trends of the Sector on the ICO market and Cryptocurrency Exchanges
According to the Smith & Crown research company, over the first half of 2017, over $1 billion (10 times more than in 2016) was attracted through the ICO blockchain start-ups. According to an analysis conducted by Coinspeaker and
ICOBox, $17.8 million was collected in January-March 2017, $1 billion 291.4 million in April-June 2017, $1 billion 454.5 million in July-September 2017. This way of raising funds for the implementation of projects in both the blockchain industry and the real sector of the economy is becoming more popular and attracts huge investments from individual investors and hedge funds.
Bergmann Platform Stages
The development of the Bergmann project contains the following milestones:
- Miners needs analysis
- Definition of platform image
- Beginning of ecosystem design
- Beginning of BergmannOS design
- Collection of project data for Schaman
- Creation of client software prototype for BergmannOS
- Creation of BergmannOS server prototypes
- Completion of internal and network logic of BergmannOS
- Completion of client infrastructure of BergmannOS
- Requirements for the exchanger selected
- A prototype of Schaman mobile module developed
- BergmannOS mobile app developed
- Requirements for the exchange have been developed. The development of the
Zephyr update package - A prototype of the autooverclocking module (autotuning) developed
- Start of the ICO
- A prototype of the module for auto currency selection developed
- Period 1 of ICO completed
- Start of closed beta-testing
- Period 2 of ICO completed
- Completed the introduction of billing, the beginning of an open beta test
- ICO completed
- Start of closed beta-testing of Schaman
- Completion of BergmannOS beta-testing
- Beginning of BergmannOS operation in normal mode
- Closed beta for Zephyr update package
- Open beta for Zephyr update package
- Zephyr update package implementation
Bergmann OS Stages
The development of the Bergmann project contains the following milestones:
- Market analysis
- Definition of platform image
- Beginning of ecosystem design
- Beginning of BergmannOS design
- Creation of client software prototype for BergmannOS
- Creation of BergmannOS server prototypes
- Completion of internal and network logic of BergmannOS
- Completion of client infrastructure of BergmannOS
- Integration with mining applications complete
- Module of communication with the leading exchanges implemented
- BergmannOS mobile app developed
- The development of the Zephyr update package
- A prototype of the autooverclocking module (autotuning) developed
- Start of the ICO
- A prototype of the module for auto currency selection developed
- Period 1 of ICO completed
- Start of closed beta-testing of BergmannOS
- Period 2 of ICO completed
- Completed the introduction of billing, the beginning of an open beta test
- ICO completed
- Completion of BergmannOS beta-testing
- Beginning of BergmannOS operation in normal mode
- Completed the development of updates for the first package
- Closed beta for Zephyr update package
- Open beta for Zephyr update package
- Beginning of the development of the next ecosystem update package
- Zephyr update package implementation
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