Tag: Open-source Bitcoin miner

Best Bitcoin miners under $500 in 2026 lineup including Bitaxe Gamma 602, Bitaxe Duo 650, Bitaxe GT 801, Bitaxe Touch Turbo, NerdQaxe++ Rev 6.1, Canaan Avalon Nano 3S, and Nerdaxe Gamma on orange Solo Satoshi background

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Best Bitcoin Miners Under $500 in 2026

/ by Matt Howard

Ready to start mining? Browse every Bitcoin miner under $500 in stock right now. Shop All Bitcoin Miners → You can start mining Bitcoin at home for under $90 with a real ASIC miner running the same BM1370 chip found inside Bitmain’s industrial Antminer S21 Pro. That is not hype. It is the state of […]

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Comparison of the three best solo mining pools in 2026 showing CKPool at 2% fee with 4 servers and no TLS, Public Pool at 0% fee with 1 server and TLS on port 4333, and AtlasPool at 1.5% fee with 8 servers and TLS on port 4333

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Best Solo Mining Pool in 2026: CKPool vs Public Pool vs AtlasPool

/ by Matt Howard

What Is a Solo Mining Pool? A solo mining pool is not a pool in the traditional sense. It does not split rewards among participants. Instead, it provides stratum infrastructure so individual miners can compete for the full block reward (currently 3.125 BTC plus transaction fees) without running their own Bitcoin node. This process is […]

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What Is the NerdOctaxe?

by Matt Howard

The NerdOctaxe is a fully open-source Bitcoin ASIC miner that packs eight Bitmain BM1370 chips into a single compact desktop unit. It is the most powerful device in the Nerd*axe product family, delivering approximately 9.6 TH/s at stock settings with a power consumption of around 160W and an efficiency of roughly 16.7 J/TH, according to […]

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Bitaxe Gamma 602 solo Bitcoin miner on 3D printed stand with fan and BM1370 ASIC chip, featured image for Has Bitaxe Found a Block article by Solo Satoshi.

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Has Bitaxe Found a Block? Next Block is Closer Than You Think!

/ by Matt Howard

Short Answer: Yes. As of November 2025, open-source home mining hardware has mined at least five confirmed Bitcoin blocks. Three of those blocks were solved by Bitaxe devices and two by NerdQaxe++ miners. Combined payouts exceed $1 million in BTC rewards. This article documents every confirmed block find with exact dates, block heights, hardware specs, […]

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What is Bitaxe? The world's first open-source Bitcoin ASIC miner with OLED display and cooling fan on a Solo Satoshi branded stand

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What is Bitaxe?

/ by Matt Howard

Table of Contents What is Bitaxe Origin and Motivation Hardware Architecture ESP-Miner Firmware and AxeOS Open-Source Licenses Model History Mining with Bitaxe Open Source Miners United ASIC Chip Supply Chain Significance for Bitcoin License Violations and Closed-Source Derivatives Documented Block Wins Ecosystem and Related Projects Where to Buy Bitaxe What is Bitaxe Bitaxe is an […]

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NerdQaxe++ Rev6 miner with “BLOCK FOUND” display pointing to an Umbrel mini PC running Public Pool, headline reads “NerdQaxe++ Rev6 Solo Mines Block 920440,” Solo Satoshi logo.

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NerdQaxe++ Revision 6 Block Found on Public Pool!

/ by Matt Howard

A home miner running a NerdQaxe++ Revision 6 from Solo Satoshi has reported a solo Bitcoin block at height 920440 while pointing at a self-hosted Public Pool instance on an Umbrel home server. Multiple community posts on Reddit and X point to this block as another proof that open-source desktop mining can win big! Confirmation: […]

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