Home Bitcoin Miners Still Win Full Blocks in 2026

Home Bitcoin miners using desk-sized hardware captured full 3.125 BTC block rewards in 2026 by mining through solo pools. Several confirmed wins this year show the block subsidy and transaction fees paid directly to individual miner addresses.

Block-data tags on public explorers attribute multiple wins to specific solo services. CKPool Solo has facilitated at least 40 verified solo block wins since mid-2023, including block heights 951408 (May 28, 2026), 944306 (April 9, 2026) and 943411 (April 2, 2026). Public Pool on Umbrel has seven confirmed solo blocks, most recently at height 948146 on May 6, 2026. Braiins Solo logged three confirmed blocks in 2026, including height 951771 on May 30, 2026. Parasite Pool recorded blocks at heights 945601 (April 18, 2026) and 938713 (February 28, 2026). Data tied three solo blocks to Futurebit Apollo miners and the Solo FutureBit identity, with earlier Apollo-tagged wins in 2024 and 2025.

Several services act as Stratum proxies that let small miners attempt solo block finds without running a full Bitcoin node full time. CKPool charges a 2% fee and does not require miners to run a node. Public Pool operates with zero fees and open-source code and is commonly used via Umbrel home nodes. Braiins Solo is run by the team behind Braiins OS. Parasite Pool distributes some regular payouts to contributing miners rather than awarding the entire block solely to one miner. Futurebit’s Solo service is associated with its Apollo hardware line; newer Apollo devices include an integrated Bitcoin node option that can support sovereign solo mining.

The hardware used in these wins is compact and built for home use. The open-source Bitaxe Gamma 601 runs a BM1370 chip at about 1.2 TH/s, draws roughly 17 watts and retails between $89 and $150. Canaan’s Avalon Nano 3S delivers about 6 TH/s at 140 watts and sells for roughly $249–$299. Futurebit’s Apollo III, launched in early 2026, offers about 10–12 TH/s in Eco mode, includes a full Bitcoin node and starts near $899. Older ASIC machines from Bitmain, Canaan and MicroBT are also used by hobbyists when available on secondary markets.

Bitcoin’s network hashrate is above 900 exahashes per second, making a block win from a device with a few terahashes a low-probability event. Across the tracked solo services, confirmed solo wins since June 2023 exceed 50. Each confirmed solo block carries the 3.125 BTC subsidy plus transaction fees, with recent total payouts commonly in the range of about $200,000 to $300,000 depending on market prices.

Small-scale miners using solo pools receive the entire block reward directly to their own address rather than a proportional share from a large pool. Lower-barrier pool proxies and compact hardware have allowed hobbyist operators to attempt solo mining without continuous full-node operation.