A solo Bitcoin miner has mined block 957382 using a Bitaxe Gamma device through Public Pool, according to Techub News, which cited MSBIntel. The miner received a block reward of 3.1382 BTC, valued in the report at about $200,000. The device itself reportedly cost around $150 and had been running for only eight hours when it found the block.
The report identified Bitaxe as an open-source device built for solo Bitcoin mining. The result stands out because it shows that small-scale miners can still win a full block reward on the Bitcoin network. That said, the report also stressed that the odds remain extremely low as network difficulty continues to rise.
The event highlights a rare case in which low-cost hardware secured a major payout, even as solo mining becomes increasingly difficult in practice.
A solo Bitcoin miner used a Bitaxe Gamma device to mine block 957382 through Public Pool and received a 3.1382 BTC block reward, worth about $200,000 based on the figures cited by Techub News.
$150 device found a block after eight hours
The report said the Bitaxe Gamma unit cost about $150. It had been running for only eight hours before successfully mining the block.
Rare solo mining success with open-source hardware
Bitaxe was described in the report as an open-source Bitcoin solo mining device. The successful block shows that small-scale miners still have a chance to earn a block reward on the Bitcoin network.
At the same time, the report noted that the probability of solo miners finding a block remains extremely low as network difficulty increases.
The item was published by Techub News and attributed to MSBIntel.
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