{"id":73373,"date":"2026-06-01T03:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/solo-home-miner-wins-232k-bitcoin-block-with-a-300-machine-at-149-million-to-1-odds\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T03:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:49:47","slug":"solo-home-miner-wins-232k-bitcoin-block-with-a-300-machine-at-149-million-to-1-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/solo-home-miner-wins-232k-bitcoin-block-with-a-300-machine-at-149-million-to-1-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo Home Miner Wins $232K Bitcoin Block With a $300 Machine at 149 Million-to-1 Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">A solo home miner using a Canaan Avalon Nano 3S at 6.68 TH\/s won Bitcoin block 951771 on May 30, 2026, at 4:27:23 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The block reward of 3.1404 BTC was worth approximately $232,000, paid out via Braiins Solo pool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Roughly 20 to 24 solo home mining wins have occurred in the past 12 months, with odds of about 1 in 149 million per block.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>One Block, One Machine<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mempool.space\/block\/000000000000000000009a0be2e83d853f62fbc0e657c78780b1e96d62773ab6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The block<\/a> was mined at approximately 00:27 UTC through Braiins Solo, a pool designed for solo miners who want to keep the full reward if they find a block. The winning machine hashed at 6.68 terahash per second (TH\/s) and drew just 140 watts of power. For context, the <span>Bitcoin<\/span> network\u2019s implied <span>hashrate<\/span> at the time was around 1,000 exahash per second (EH\/s) or 1 zettahash per second (ZH\/s).<\/p>\n<p>The Canaan Avalon Nano 3S retails for roughly $250 to $300. It is compact, quiet at 33 to 40 decibels, and connects via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/canaan-wins-nordic-heating-bid-turns-bitcoin-mining-waste-heat-into-residential-hot-water\/\">Canaan<\/a> markets it for home use, and it doubles as a space heater in cooler rooms.<\/p>\n<h2>The Math Behind the Win<\/h2>\n<p>The probability that this specific machine would find any given block works out to approximately 6.72 in a billion, or one in 148,904,370. At 144 blocks mined per day, the daily odds for one such rig were about one in 1.03 million. Running continuously, the expected wait time to find a single block would be around 2,831 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_818906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-818906\" style=\"width:1392px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-818906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The block reward totaled 3.1404 <span>BTC<\/span>, made up of the 3.125 <span>BTC<\/span> subsidy plus roughly 0.0154 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BTC<\/a> or $1,137 in transaction fees. At a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a> price of approximately $73,800 at the time, the payout landed between $230,000 and $232,000. The coinbase transaction paid out to address bc1qdaqf9ynzwtzjtv5j8h47rfen3vwr7d85hxy8vn.<\/p>\n<h2>Small Fleet, One Winner<\/h2>\n<p>The miner reportedly operated a small fleet, including two Avalon Mini 3 units and 12 Avalon Nano 3S units totaling roughly 147 TH\/s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_818907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-818907\" style=\"width:2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-818907 size-full\" title=\"Solo Home Miner Wins $232K Bitcoin Block With a $300 Machine at 149 Million-to-1 Odds\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk.png\" alt=\"Canaan home miner: Avalon Nano 3S.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-2048x1151.png 2048w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-190x107.png 190w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-380x214.png 380w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-760x428.png 760w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-1520x855.png 1520w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nano3s1-8692_nwmk.png 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-818907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canaan\u2019s Avalon Nano 3S. Image source: Canaan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the fleet level, the odds improve to approximately one in 6.7 million per block, with an expected win every 127 years. But pool data and the block announcement credited a single Nano 3S worker at 6.68 TH\/s as the machine that found block 951771.<\/p>\n<h2>Not the First, Still Rare<\/h2>\n<p>Solo home mining <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/solo-miner-with-a-tiny-48-terahash-strikes-bitcoin-block-beats-the-mining-pool-titans\/\">wins<\/a> at this scale are rare. Roughly two dozen or so solo blocks were found in the prior 12 months. In April 2026, a 4.8 TH\/s Nerdqaxe++ machine won a block worth around $224,000. Earlier in 2025 and 2026, Bitaxe and Futurebit Apollo miners also found blocks independently.<\/p>\n<p>Several solo and hybrid mining services cater to home miners and hobbyists, including Futurebit Solo, CKPool Solo, Public Pool, Braiins Solo, Parasite, and Nicehash Easymining. Solo, or home-based mining, has experienced a renewed wave of interest and participation.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters<\/h2>\n<p>Large mining pools and industrial operations control the majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin<\/a>\u2019s hashpower. A single home miner on a consumer device finding a block does not shift that balance, but it demonstrates that the protocol itself does not weigh outcomes by investment size. The win drew wide attention on Reddit, X, and mining forums, with hobbyists calling it proof that solo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-bitcoin-mining\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin mining<\/a> still makes sense as a long shot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/solo-home-miner-wins-232k-bitcoin-block-with-a-300-machine-at-149-million-to-1-odds\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways A solo home miner using a Canaan Avalon Nano 3S at 6.68 TH\/s won Bitcoin block 951771 on May 30, 2026, at 4:27:23 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The block reward of 3.1404 BTC was worth approximately $232,000, paid out via Braiins Solo pool. 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