Bitcoin block solo miner 888,737 – With a BTC reward of $266,000 last week – stripped the story with Bitcoin mining hardware creator Futurebit.
According to a shared email posted to X, miners who brought home last week at 3.15 BTC or around $266,000 last week between fixed fees and trading fees did so in a home setup consisting of three future Apollo Miners and one bitmain SK19PRO.
“I usually set Apollo Miners to efficiency mode,” the email reads. “In colder months, I run SK19pro at 60 days during the day and 100 at night,” adding, “all else is the default settings,” besides a scheduled task that stops hashing during peak electricity hours.
That setup was enough to get the ultimate reward for the solo minor. And it’s a very unlikely victory given the large public companies and mining pools dominate the industry.
“I scrolled through the Apollo website on my phone. “I saw a panel of solo mining users.
After a while, I launched the bluewallet app on my iPhone and confirmed the suspicion that Miner had “found a block.”
Block 888737 – Short Stories
Our amazing anonymous customers who hit the final Apollo Solo block have reached out to our team and allowed us to share their epic stories with the world!
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– futurebit (@futurebit) March 26, 2025
“‘I found a block! I found a block!” I cried, my voice echoing through the house,” the anonymous miner wrote. “I bolted out of bed and raced a computer downstairs, there was a word in the bold, beautiful letters. The block was accepted.
Despite multiple solo scores over the last few months, the energy-intensive nature of mining usually leads to industrial-scale setups or mining pools bringing back most of the block rewards.
Futurebit offers a variety of mining products on its website for individuals seeking to pursue a home mining rig. The cheapest products start at $376 after the discount, with other miners priced at $2,100.
The company did not respond immediately Decrypt’s Request a comment.
Edited by Andrew Hayward
