Solo Bitcoin Miner with Bitaxe Device Finds Block 957382, Earns 3.138 BTC
A solo miner using a Bitaxe device successfully mined Bitcoin block 957382 via Public Pool, earning a reward of 3.1382 BTC (~$200,000). The operation ran for about eight hours with a hash rate below 1 TH/s, despite the statistical odds of finding a block at that power being roughly once every 18,000 years.
A solo Bitcoin miner operating a Bitaxe device has successfully mined block 957382 through the Public Pool service. The reward for this solo block was 3.1382 BTC, valued at approximately $200,000 at current prices.
The miner's equipment ran for about eight hours with an average hash rate of less than 1 TH/s. At this level of computational power, the probability of finding a block is approximately one in 18,000 years. This marks only the second known instance of a single Bitaxe device discovering a solo block on the Bitcoin network.
Source: ForkLog