Solo Miner Strikes $200,000 Bitcoin Jackpot with $150 Device

The hardware, which averages roughly 995 gigahashes per second, is typically relegated to hobbyist setups. Given that the Bitcoin network currently operates at hundreds of exahashes per second, the probability of such a machine finding a block is estimated at once every 18,000 years. The device utilizes a single BM1370 chip, the same component found in Bitmain’s industrial-grade Antminer S21 Pro, yet its output remains negligible compared to massive mining farms.

Public Pool facilitates this solo-mining model by allowing individual operators to keep the full block subsidy and transaction fees without splitting proceeds among other participants. While such wins remain statistical anomalies, solo miners have claimed 24 blocks over the past year. This uptick follows a 5% decline in network mining difficulty, which adjusted to 127.17 trillion on July 11. As mining margins tighten and some operators pivot computing resources toward artificial intelligence, the lower difficulty provides a minor, though still statistically slim, opening for home-based equipment to compete against industrial-scale facilities.