😂 RMA Unit Discovers a Block on Our Test Setup

😂 RMA Unit Discovers a Block on Our Test Setup So, we got this NerdQaxe++ Rev 6 back from a customer for RMA. We hooked it up to check what's wrong, waited about 10 minutes... and out of nowhere, it finds a BLOCK. No logs, no errors, not even a hint of smoke. Just pure vibes and a bit of confusion. Looks like the little guy just wanted to score one last win before heading off for repairs. We're definitely framing this screenshot in the office. Anyone else had their hardware surprise them like this? Would love to hear your stories. - Guntis, Mineshop.eu

I have not.  I can not make my mind however about one thing, should this Block belong to the owner of the Hardware or should it belong to you as it has been mined while it was using your electricity and in your hands?

This is really unexpected but your confidence tells me this is not the first time with you, and you are taking this very professionaly although I also have the same question as of privacyg, who will get the reward, as it was testing the wallet was already set, so the reward must have gone into the owner's hand already if nothing was changed right? I don't know, actually, what kind of testing you were doing, but your hands were really lucky for the owner. I hope he has given you something if you give the reward to him. The chances of this happening are how many? I think one in a million if I have to guess. Anyway, congratulations to you and to the owner of this hardware because you guys have done what might not been done by many lately, the last report of solo mining was a long time ago.

I think giving a portion of the reward to the owner of the hardware wouldn't hurt if he really returned it in good faith and had some issues. Maybe a free repair or something like that  I am just curious what block number that was? It's indeed something historical for Mineshop.eu

Haha, the plot twist nobody expected! The device was reset before testing — so it booted with the default firmware config. Turns out the block reward went straight to the NerdQaxe++ developer. Not us, not the customer — the guy who built the firmware. We basically ran his miner on our electricity and handed him a block. [grin] Honestly? If anyone deserves a surprise block it's the developer. Incredible piece of open source work. Hope he sees it land in his wallet and wonders what happened. @logfiles — will dig up the block number and post it here! — Guntis, Mineshop.eu

truly wonderful. keep us updated on the matter, Guntis, thanks for your work

That is pretty cool. I wonder how many other blocs have been solved using that address? Surely the developer will be happy to get some free coins and probably quite surprised as well. Kudos for not inputting your own wallets while repairing/testing customer equipment (although if you exchanged the unit it was already yours).

Still getting messages about this post — wild. Quick question for the community: has anyone here actually solo mined a block themselves at home? Curious how many in this thread have tried or come close. We see a lot of solo mining customers at mineshop— the lottery ticket angle is real and the community around it is great.

Did you find the block number?

I have not the default wallet was is in it but bc1q7n70rumyv6lvu8avpml0c3uggvssfu52egum3q.nerdqaxe , happened on 6th February checking the address nothing on it .

So did it find a block, or not? Could it be the "BLOCK FOUND" message was part of the reason to RMA the device?