FutureBit Apollo Solo Miner Mines Bitcoin Block 973262, Earns 3.154 BTC

On October 26, a miner operating under the FutureBit Apollo Solo program mined Bitcoin block 973262, receiving a complete block reward of 3.154 BTC and collecting transaction fees from 2,477 transactions within the block. Multiple block explorers have identified the discoverer of this block as FutureBit Apollo Solo, with the coinbase transaction containing references to FutureBit and Apollo. FutureBit stated that the Apollo device or Solo Node assembles the block template, allocates work, and submits the complete block. This marks at least the fourth block attributed to FutureBit Apollo Solo, following the previous three blocks numbered 867760, 881423, and 888737. FutureBit designs Apollo hardware for users who wish to run a full Bitcoin node and mine independently at home, with the latest model, Apollo III, achieving a maximum hash rate of 18 TH/s in turbo mode and integrating a full node. Solo mining is often referred to as lottery-style mining due to the extremely low probability of winning relative to block rewards. Against the backdrop of the Bitcoin network's hash rate recently hovering around 1070–1087 EH/s, the expected time for home devices with 10–18 TH/s to mine a block is still measured in centuries, yet verified successful cases of solo mining continue to emerge on-chain.