A solo home miner successfully validated Bitcoin block 951771 on May 30, 2026, at 4:27:23 p.m. ET, securing a reward worth approximately $232,000. According to Bitcoin.com, the miner utilized the Braiins Solo pool to claim the full block reward, which consisted of 3.1404 BTC.
The winning hardware, a Canaan Avalon Nano 3S, is a consumer-grade device retailing for between $250 and $300. The machine operates at 6.68 terahash per second (TH/s) while consuming only 140 watts of power. Designed for home environments, the unit is noted for its quiet operation, emitting between 33 and 40 decibels, and its ability to function as a space heater.
At the time of the solve, the Bitcoin network’s implied hashrate was approximately 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s), or one zettahash per second (ZH/s). The probability of the specific Nano 3S unit finding any given block was calculated at 6.72 in a billion, or roughly one in 148,904,370. Running this single machine continuously, the expected wait time to find a block would be approximately 2,831 years.
The total payout of 3.1404 BTC was comprised of the 3.125 BTC block subsidy and 0.0154 BTC in transaction fees, valued at approximately $1,137. With Bitcoin priced at roughly $73,800 at the time of the transaction, the total reward value landed between $230,000 and $232,000. The funds were successfully transferred to the address bc1qdaqf9ynzwtzjtv5j8h47rfen3vwr7d85hxy8vn.
While the winning unit was part of a small fleet totaling 147 TH/s—which included two Avalon Mini 3 units and 12 Avalon Nano 3S units—the individual solve was credited to the single Nano 3S. At the fleet level, the odds of winning improve to approximately one in 6.7 million. The miner's daily odds for a single rig were roughly one in 1.03 million, based on the network average of 144 blocks mined per day.
Solo mining wins of this nature remain rare, though they are not unprecedented in the current mining landscape. Bitcoin.com reports that between 20 and 24 such solo home mining wins have occurred within the last 12 months. This event serves as a practical demonstration of the Bitcoin protocol's accessibility, allowing individual operators to compete for rewards despite the dominance of industrial-scale mining operations.
