A solo Bitcoin miner using a single Bitaxe rig found Bitcoin block 957,382 through Public Pool and secured the 3.125 BTC block subsidy, worth about $200,000 at current prices. The low-cost machine, reported at roughly $150 to under $200 and running at about 1 TH/s, illustrates how solo mining can still produce rare outsized payouts despite Bitcoin mining being dominated by industrial-scale operators. Over the past 12 months, solo miners have validated 24 Bitcoin blocks, up 41% from the prior year, according to Bennet solo-miner data. Those wins totaled 75.4 BTC, or more than $4.7 million, and included 12 blocks found so far in 2026. The figures underscore the lottery-like nature of solo mining, where individuals mine independently rather than pooling computing power for steadier rewards.