FutureBit Apollo III: Bagong Bitcoin Miner para sa Bahay, May Lakas na 18 TH/s

FutureBit launched the Apollo III desktop Bitcoin miner with 18 TH/s maximum hash rate in Turbo Mode. The Brooklyn-based company built the device around 3nm American-designed ASICs and paired them with a custom controller featuring 8 ARM cores, 8 GB RAM, and 2 TB SSD storage.

The Apollo III operates at 10 TH/s minimum for continuous home or office use. In Eco Mode, the miner achieves 15 J/TH efficiency while running an integrated full Bitcoin node with solo mining capability. That's nearly double the hash power of its predecessor, the Apollo II, which delivered 10 TH/s.

FutureBit Founder John Stefanopoulos said nearly 20 terahash of efficient, accessible hash power in the hands of individuals strengthens the decentralization that Bitcoin was built for. He pointed to 2024, when FutureBit customers mined one of the first modern-era sovereign solo blocks, proving industrial-scale operations aren't required for meaningful network participation.

The company described Apollo III as the first U.S.-engineered Bitcoin ASIC paired with a domestically built hardware platform in a consumer desktop form factor. FutureBit assembles the miners at its California facility, handling everything from hash-board production through final packaging.

Large mining pools currently dominate block template creation, creating potential regulatory capture risks as hash power concentrates in industrial server farms. Geographic and operational diversity from home miners helps mitigate those concerns, particularly as Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment mechanism creates barriers requiring increasingly specialized hardware. FutureBit established operations six years ago after affordable home mining hardware disappeared from the market, with the Apollo III launch announced February 18, 2026.