Solo Bitcoin miner lands $200,000 block reward with a $150 Bitaxe Gamma

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.