{"id":103502,"date":"2026-06-15T14:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=103502"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:20:57","slug":"i-calculated-how-many-bitcoin-miners-it-takes-to-find-a-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=103502","title":{"rendered":"I Calculated How Many Bitcoin Miners It Takes to Find a Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Calculated How Many Bitcoin Miners It Takes to Find a Block\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e40d-Y_nvoo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Bitcoin Solo Mining Calculator: http:\/\/www.redfoxcrypto.com\/solo<\/p>\n<p>Ever wondered how much Bitcoin mining power it actually takes to mine a Bitcoin block?<\/p>\n<p>Most people assume there&#8217;s some magic hashrate number where mining a block becomes &quot;likely.&quot; The reality is much more interesting. Bitcoin mining is a probability game, and even a tiny home miner like a Bitaxe has a chance of finding the next block.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, I break down the math behind Bitcoin mining odds, show you how to calculate your chances of finding a block, and reveal how many miners it would take to reach different probability targets. We compare everything from a Bitaxe Gamma to industrial ASIC miners like the Antminer S21 XP and explore what it would actually cost to achieve a meaningful chance of mining a Bitcoin block.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn:<br \/>\n\u2022 How Bitcoin mining probability works<br \/>\n\u2022 How to calculate your odds of finding a block<br \/>\n\u2022 How many Bitaxes it takes for a 1% chance in one year<br \/>\n\u2022 How many S21 XPs it takes for a 50% chance in one year<br \/>\n\u2022 Why people solo mine despite the odds<br \/>\n\u2022 The role of learning, hobby mining, and the Bitcoin lottery<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Bitaxe Miner: https:\/\/geni.us\/getbitaxe<br \/>\n\u25b6 How To Set Up a Bitaxe to Mine Bitcoin: https:\/\/youtu.be\/q7c00PE7khk<\/p>\n<p>Links to support the channel:<br \/>\n\u20bf Where I Buy Bitcoin w\/ NO FEES: https:\/\/geni.us\/getriver<br \/>\n\ud83d\udfe0 Easy Crypto Mining with NiceHash: https:\/\/geni.us\/nicehash<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb0 Track Your Investments w\/ DELTA App: https:\/\/geni.us\/getdelta<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd12 Hardware Wallet I Use: https:\/\/geni.us\/getledger<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb8 Crypto Tax Software I Use: https:\/\/geni.us\/IjAa<\/p>\n<p>Chat with me:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc4b\ud83c\udffb Discord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/Kaf4dDXGJz<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcac Twitter\/X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/redfoxcrypto<\/p>\n<p>Video Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 How Much Hashrate Do You Need?<br \/>\n00:24 Can Any Bitcoin Miner Find a Block?<br \/>\n00:52 Bitaxe Mining Explained<br \/>\n01:23 Bitcoin Mining Odds Math<br \/>\n02:13 The Real Odds of Solo Mining<br \/>\n02:51 How Much Hashrate for a 1% Chance?<br \/>\n03:17 You Need 159 Bitaxes<br \/>\n03:48 Comparing Home Miners vs ASICs<br \/>\n04:05 Antminer S21 XP Example<br \/>\n04:29 How Many ASICs for a 50% Chance?<br \/>\n05:02 The $171,000 Bitcoin Block<br \/>\n05:39 Why People Solo Mine Bitcoin<br \/>\n06:38 Bitcoin Mining as a Learning Tool<br \/>\n07:25 The Bitcoin Lottery<br \/>\n08:04 Get Started Mining Bitcoin<br \/>\n08:20 Buy Bitcoin With No Fees<\/p>\n<p>#cryptomining #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #asicmining #bitaxe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udd17 Bitcoin Solo Mining Calculator: http:\/\/www.redfoxcrypto.com\/solo Ever wondered how much Bitcoin mining power it actually takes to mine a Bitcoin block? Most people assume there&#8217;s some magic hashrate number where mining a block becomes &quot;likely.&quot; The reality is much more interesting. Bitcoin mining is a probability game, and even a tiny home miner like a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}