Maenpolder Blog
Notes from the polder
Bitcoin mining, sovereignty, and the Dutch way — written by miners, for miners.
€425,000 in 48 hours — two solo blocks, zero pool fees, no custody
Sunday 09:28 UTC, a Raspberry Pi found block #948,146. Thursday 09:22 UTC, a 272 PH/s small farm found block #948,440. Both non-custodial. Both single-output. Both paid in full to one address. The Bitcoin lottery just paid out €425k in 48 hours — without a pool middleman.
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Block #948,146: how a home miner on a Raspberry Pi found 3.154 BTC — two days ago
On 6 May 2026 a single Raspberry Pi running Umbrel + Public Pool solved Bitcoin block #948,146. Reward: 3.154 BTC, paid directly to the miner with zero pool fee. The on-chain proof, the setup, and why this matters now.
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April 2026: Solo Home Mining's Best Month Since the Halving
A 70 TH/s S19 found a block. Parasite Pool found two. Four small-miner blocks in one week. The data, the math, and what April's run means for Bitaxe owners now.
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The Bitaxe Lottery: Honest Math on Solo Home Mining in May 2026
Will your Bitaxe ever find a Bitcoin block? The numbers, the recent wins that actually happened, and why mining at home is rational despite the math.
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Why I built Maenpolder
A non-custodial, 0% fee Bitcoin solo mining pool — built in the Netherlands, for miners who care about sovereignty.
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