Futurebit Bitcoin Mining Rigs Hit Retail Stores as Solo Miners Keep Winning Big

Futurebit unveiled the Apollo III in February, introducing a desktop-sized mining system powered by American-engineered 3-nanometer ASIC chips. The machine delivers up to 18 terahash per second (TH/s) in Turbo mode, while its lower-power Eco mode offers efficiency of up to 15 joules per terahash.

The device also incorporates a full Bitcoin node, built-in solo mining capabilities, an eight-core ARM processor, 8GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of storage. Its integrated design allows users to independently validate Bitcoin transactions and attempt to mine blocks without relying on an external mining pool.

More Solo Mining Wins to Come?

The retail expansion arrives amid growing attention surrounding solo miners who have successfully discovered Bitcoin blocks despite extraordinarily unfavorable odds.

Bitcoin.com News reported Wednesday that a solo miner operating through CKPool discovered block 975427, collecting a BTC reward worth approximately $230,000. The discovery marked the 38th documented solo-mining victory of 2026.

In late October, a Futurebit Apollo miner was credited with discovering block 973262, marking the fourth documented solo block from the company’s hardware and its first since March 2025. Another independent miner discovered a block the following day using approximately 16.2 TH/s of computing power.