Solo Home Miner Wins $232K Bitcoin Block With a $300 Machine at 149 Million-to-1 Odds
The post Solo Home Miner Wins $232K Bitcoin Block With a $300 Machine at 149 Million-to-1 Odds appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. 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. 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. One Block, One Machine The block 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 Bitcoin network’s implied hashrate at the time was around 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s) or 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s). The Canaan Avalon Nano 3S retails for roughly $250 to $300. It is compact, quiet