Recently, an extremely lucky mining case that shocked the cryptocurrency world has sparked heated discussions in the global crypto community. An ordinary independent miner, relying solely on a Bitaxe Gamma SOLO miner rig priced at up to $150, successfully mined Bitcoin block number 957382 in just 8 hours, winning the full block reward worth approximately $200,000. In an industry context where network hashrate is highly concentrated, and individual miners theoretically face a block-mining timeframe of tens of thousands of years, this extremely low probability is hailed as a miracle.

Core hashrate and on-chain data:

1. Equipment parameters: The Bitaxe Gamma SOLO miner has a rated hashrate of 1.0–1.3 TH/s, power consumption of 15–21 watts, and a price of $60–$150. It can operate with a household power supply. In the 8 hours before winning, the device’s average hashrate was 995.2 GH/s, close to full capacity.

2. Network mining environment: At the time of block mining, the Bitcoin network hashrate was 874 EH/s, and the network difficulty was 133.9 trillion. The miner’s winning share was at a difficulty of 294.14 trillion, more than twice the standard network difficulty.

3. Extremely low winning probability: A single 1 TH/s mining rig accounts for only 1/870,000 of the network’s hashrate. Analysts estimate that equivalent equipment would need an average of 16,000–18,300 years to independently mine a block; this successful mining in just 8 hours is an extremely rare event.

4. Past winning case: One month ago, a Canaan Avalon Nano 3S miner with approximately 6.68 TH/s independently mined block number 951771, earning a reward of $232,000.

Industry status quo:

Currently, the profitability of independent mining with a single home mini-miner is extremely low, averaging only a few cents per day. Stable returns generally rely on joining a mining pool. Industry insiders compare solo mining to a digital lottery: the probability is extremely low, but any compliant computing power device has the opportunity to obtain the same block rewards as large industrial mining farms. Even a handheld device costing a hundred yuan has the potential to make a fortune, but it cannot be replicated.