An incredible story that overturns all data in the world of cryptocurrencies unfolded a few days ago, leaving the global Bitcoin community stunned. A single miner, using a tiny pocket device worth just $150, managed to break a block of the network and pocketed the astronomical amount of $200,000.
This is a true feat, as their low power machine was running for just eight hours, managing to defeat industrial scale giant facilities and defy mathematical laws that gave such an endeavor a probability of success once every 18,000 years.
The payout included the block subsidy of 3.125 BTC and approximately 0.0132 BTC in transaction fees. Public Pool stated that this is the second block found by a single Bitaxe through its hosting service. The Blockchain records confirm block 957,382.
The giants were defeated
The miner had an average power rate of approximately 995.2 gigahashes per second, GH/s, which is just under one terahash per second, TH/s. This represents an infinitesimal share of the computing power of the Bitcoin network, which is measured in hundreds of exahashes per second, EH/s. CoinDesk estimated that a machine operating at this rate would find a block on average once every 18,000 years.
This estimate describes probabilities and not a fixed waiting period. Every valid hash can solve the next block. The documentation of Bitaxe Gamma states that the device uses a BM1370 chip, the same one found in the larger Antminer S21 Pro machines of Bitmain. Its typical performance hovers close to 1.2 TH/s with low power consumption.
Public Pool allows the miner to keep the reward
The winning machine was connected through Public Pool, a solo mining service that does not split rewards among participants like a typical pool. In a normal pool, miners combine their computing power and receive smaller payouts based on the work they contribute.
Solo mining provides no payout unless the machine finds a valid block. A successful operator can claim the entire subsidy and transaction fees. Public Pool announced: "Block #2 on hosted Public-Pool. From a lone Bitaxe." A single successful hash generated the entire payout.
Solo Bitcoin mining successes increase in 2026
Solo miners found 24 Bitcoin blocks during the last 12 months, marking an increase of 41% compared to the previous year, according to CoinDesk. Twelve of these were achieved within 2026. Other recent winners used CKPool, rented computing power, or small groups of home mining equipment.
As crypto.news had previously reported, a solo miner earned approximately $271,000 in December 2025 after finding block 928,351. Another received approximately $282,000 in the same month, despite the fact that the odds were calculated to be close to one in 30,000.
The increase in successful blocks does not make solo mining predictable. Bitaxe devices are sold between $60 and $150, but their expected income remains extremely low. Most users could operate identical machines for years without ever finding a block.
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