A Bitcoin miner operating through FutureBit’s Apollo Solo setup has won block 973,262, receiving the full 3.154 BTC block reward plus transaction fees. The find highlights the slim but real possibility that individual operators can successfully mine Bitcoin outside the large commercial pools.
According to Bitcoin Magazine, multiple blockchain explorers, including mempool.space, identify “FutureBit Apollo Solo” as the finder of the block. The coinbase transaction—the special transaction that records a block’s newly issued bitcoin and fees—also contains references to FutureBit and Apollo.
The block was found on October 26. It included transactions from 2,477 users and earned the miner 3.154 BTC before any conversion into another currency. Unlike miners connected to conventional pools, a solo miner does not share a block reward with other participants when it succeeds.
How the block was mined
FutureBit said an Apollo device or a Solo Node running its built-in solo pool created the block template, supplied the mining work and submitted the completed block to the Bitcoin network. The company’s description indicates that the FutureBit system handled the process from preparing the candidate block to broadcasting the winning result.
The public blockchain record does not establish which specific machine generated the successful hash or what its hashrate was. FutureBit said the winning equipment could have been an Apollo BTC, Apollo II, Apollo III or another compatible machine connected to a Solo Node. As a result, the block cannot be used to determine the performance of one particular model.
FutureBit announced the result on X with the message: “Gradually, then suddenly. We (the people) hit a Bitcoin block today. Bitcoin belongs in the hands of sovereign individuals. And we’re building to keep it there.” The statement reflects the company’s focus on giving individuals tools to operate their own Bitcoin infrastructure.
At least four blocks have now been attributed to FutureBit Apollo Solo. Earlier examples were blocks 867,760, 881,423 and 888,737. The latest discovery therefore adds to a small public record of successful solo finds associated with the company’s equipment.
Why solo mining is unusual
Solo mining is often described as “lottery mining” because an operator competes for the entire reward but has a very small chance of finding a block compared with the total computing power securing the network. Bitcoin’s overall hashrate has recently been around 1,070–1,087 exahashes per second, according to the source material.
For comparison, the latest Apollo III is rated for as much as 18 terahashes per second in turbo mode and includes an integrated full node. A home-scale system in the 10–18 TH/s range would, under current difficulty, face an expected block-finding time measured in centuries. That is an average based on probability, not a guarantee: a machine can find a block much earlier, as the latest result demonstrates, or never find one.
The reward also includes fees attached to the transactions in the block. Since solo operators retain the full reward when successful, their potential payout is much larger than the share typically distributed by a pool. The trade-off is that they do not receive the more regular, smaller payments that pooled mining is designed to provide.
Another solo block was found the following day through CKPool Solo. That result further illustrates that individual miners can occasionally capture a complete reward even though industrial mining pools produce the large majority of Bitcoin blocks.
FutureBit’s home-mining model
FutureBit develops hardware for people who want to run a full Bitcoin node and mine independently at home rather than rely on a large commercial pool. A full node independently validates and audits blockchain data, while mining equipment performs the computational work involved in competing to add the next block.
Bitcoin’s original design allowed a full node to mine as well as validate the chain. As mining hardware and optimization improved, mining pools emerged and the industry became increasingly competitive and industrial. Companies including FutureBit, Bitaxe and HeatBit are pursuing a different direction by developing equipment intended for individual users, including devices that can combine mining with household heating.
FutureBit says users operating its hardware control both the node and the solo pool. In addition to keeping the full reward if they find a block, solo operators may gain privacy advantages. The source also notes that hardware and energy costs can be written off against taxes in some jurisdictions, although the treatment depends on local rules.
The latest find does not change the mathematics facing small miners: the odds remain extremely low. It does show, however, that independent equipment can still produce a confirmed block despite the dominance of large-scale mining operations. For supporters of distributed Bitcoin infrastructure, that distinction is central to the appeal of home mining.
Current crypto market picture
Moneyiar market data recorded Bitcoin at $80,430.51 at 22:39 on October 25, 2026, with a 24-hour decline of 0.08% and a seven-day decline of 1.32%. Solana stood at $101.60, up 0.03% over 24 hours and down 1.52% over seven days.
Polygon’s current MATIC entry in the Moneyiar data contains no price. The data lists Polygon (prev. MATIC), now represented by POL, at $0.08981, up 0.39% over 24 hours and down 0.74% over seven days. These figures are Moneyiar data at the stated time and are separate from the value of the mining reward.
