How a Single Bitcoin Miner Surpassed Expectations and Made $266K

A solo miner who successfully mined block 888,737 of Bitcoin last month and received a reward of $266,000 in Bitcoin has shared his story with mining hardware developer FutureBit, whose Apollo devices played a key role in achieving the feat.

The anonymous miner, who earned more than 3.15 BTC in the past week, which is approximately $266,000 after taking into account fixed rewards and transaction fees, did so using a home rig that included three FutureBit Apollo miners and one Bitmain SK19pro, according to a shared letter posted on X.

“I typically set up my Apollo miners for optimal efficiency,” the email notes. “In colder months, I run the SK19Pro at 60TH during the day and 100 at night,” it adds, noting that aside from some scheduled tasks that stop hashing during peak power usage hours, “all other settings are default.”

This configuration was enough to generate the maximum reward for a solo miner. It is also an extremely unlikely achievement, given that the industry is dominated by large public companies and mining pools.

“I was browsing the Apollo website on my phone while in bed,” the miner wrote. “I looked at the SOLO Mining user dashboard. What happened next stopped me in my tracks.”

Moments later, upon launching the BlueWallet app on his iPhone, the miner confirmed his suspicions that he had successfully “found a block.”

Block 888737 – Brief History

Our amazing anonymous customer who made the final flight on the Apollo Solo Block contacted our team and allowed us to share his epic story with the world!

And that's not all! pic.twitter.com/SP50xHUT4l

— FutureBit (@FutureBit) March 26, 2025

“We found a block! We found a block!” I screamed, and my voice echoed throughout the house, the anonymous miner wrote. “I jumped out of bed, ran to the computer… there, in bold, beautiful letters, it said: block accepted. A smile spread across my face – victory was mine, and it was incredible.”

Despite many individual successes in recent months, the high energy costs of mining typically means that industrial rigs or mining pools receive the bulk of the block rewards—the new supply of Bitcoin that is created to reward those who validate and verify the network.

FutureBit offers a variety of mining products on its website for those looking to purchase a home rig. Its most affordable model starts at $376 with a discount, while other miners can go as high as $2,100.

The company did not immediately respond to Decrypt's request for comment.

Edited by Andrew Hayward

Source: cryptonews.net