A solo Bitcoin miner hit the jackpot and validated a solo block with a single Bitaxe mining rig, marking a rare victory that beat enormous statistical odds.
The retail Bitcoin miner secured a block reward of 3,125 Bitcoin (BTC), currently worth around $200,000, at block number 957382 on Friday, according to to mempool.space blockchain data.
The miner used a single Bitaxe mining rig, according to to the BTC Public Pool mining pool. That Bitaxe is a budget-friendly, low-power Bitcoin miner that costs less than $200 and has a hashrate of around 1 terahash per second (TH/s), which is a tiny fraction of the global Bitcoin network.
The solo block reward shows that even an investment of less than $200 in a mining rig can lead to a statistically rare payday for retail miners.
Another solo Bitcoin miner validated a solo block in April, via the CKPool solo mining service. Earlier in February, another retail miner validated a solo block using hashrate rented from a mining provider, meaning they did not own the physical mining rig that solved the block.
Source: Public swimming pool
Solo BTC miners pocketed $4.7 million in the past year
Although mining a solo block is statistically rare, this is the 12th Bitcoin block validated by an amateur miner so far in 2026, bringing total payouts over the past 12 months to over $4.7 million for retail miners.
Solo block statistics, 1 year. Source: Bennet.org
Solo blocks mined are increasing 41% year-over-year, with solo miners validating a total of 24 blocks over the past year. according to to solo miner data aggregator Bennet. This brings the total rewards paid to solo miners to 75.4 Bitcoins, or $4.7 million, for the past year.
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The average interval for solo Bitcoin blocks stands at 15.2 days, while the longest drought without a successful solo block stands at 58 days.
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