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Home bitcoin miner finds block, wins 3.154 BTC \'jackpot\'

A solo miner using a home bitcoin mining device has successfully generated a block and secured 3.154 BTC in rewards in a market dominated by large mining pools. Bitcoin Magazine reported the operator found block 973262 using a FutureBit Apollo Solo setup and also earned fees from 2,477 transactions included in the block. FutureBit said Apollo devices or a solo node handled template building, work distribution and block submission.