Bitcoin Lottery Miner Win: ROVR Buybacks and Wingbits Delay

A Bitcoin lottery miner just landed a solo block worth 3.125 BTC, while ROVR executed its first data-driven buyback-and-burn and Wingbits delayed its TGE with a temporary USDC redemption floor. Below is this week’s DePIN ROI recap, key headlines, a project spotlight, and a new hardware drop.

DePIN ROI recap (week of Nov 30)

- Helium WiFi: ~$1.09/day; ROI ~241–675 days
- WeatherXM: ~$0.10/day; ROI ~4,000 days
- GEODNET: ~$1.80/day; ROI ~386 days
- Aethir Edge: ~$0.33/day; ROI ~4,242 days
- Entropy: ~$0.36/day; ROI ~564 days
- Nubila Marco: ~$0.01/day; ROI ~21,357 days

ROVR’s first data-driven buyback and burn shows early revenue accountability

ROVR completed a data sale and used the revenue to support tokens via a buyback-and-burn. Per their update: 60% of sale revenue bought and burned ROVR tokens, 20% bought and burned GEODNET (ROVR relies on GEODNET RTK), and 20% went to operations. Source

On Nov 24, the team burned 532,000 ROVR (~$4.9k at $0.0092), implying a sale of about $8.1k. The key takeaway is transparent, on-chain accountability tied to real data sales. ROVR also said they’re selling data to Zelostech (sidewalk delivery robots), signaling commercialization is underway. Source

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Wingbits delays TGE and sets a temporary USDC redemption floor

Wingbits confirmed its TGE won’t happen in the expected window and introduced a short-term USDC redemption before launch. Users with 15,000+ Wings Rewards can redeem up to 50% at a fixed $0.0005 per Wings Rewards via the dashboard (Dec 1–10), but this forfeits the 20% online bonus that would otherwise come post‑TGE.

This rate is not the official token price, but it’s the only pre‑TGE benchmark. Based on Moken data, median earnings are ~79 Wings/day (~$0.039/day during the window). Using that, an MGW310 looks roughly ~$1.84/day total (GEOD + Wings) at ~500‑day ROI, while a WB200 trends closer to ~1,269 days. Wingbits says the delay strengthens revenue, usage, and enterprise partnerships pre‑launch. Source

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Home miner hits Bitcoin solo block!

On November 21, a home miner mined Bitcoin block 924569 with ~1.2 TH/s—almost certainly a tiny lottery miner—netting 3.125 BTC (~$284,125). It’s a powerful reminder that solo mining wins, while rare, can still happen outside mega‑farms. Source

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ASIC lottery chances of the week

- Bitaxe Gamma: ~1 in 6.2M chance/day; win 3.125 BTC (~$284,125)
- Canaan Avalon Q: ~1 in 82,564 chance/day; win 3.125 BTC (~$284,125)
- Hammer Miner: ~1 in 32,804 chance/day; win 10,000 DOGE (~$1,500)
- Canaan Nano 3S: ~1 in 1.2M chance/day; win 3.125 BTC (~$284,125)
- Fluminer L3: ~1 in 363 chance/day; win 10,000 DOGE (~$1,500)

Project spotlight: Piggycell brings Korea’s power bank network on‑chain

Piggycell is an RWA‑style DePIN project linking real‑world shared power bank infrastructure to on‑chain rewards. They report ~4M paying users, 15K+ stations, and 100K+ batteries across South Korea, with Southeast Asia expansion first, then LATAM. The network uses regional NFTs for ownership and reward routing (Piggy Watt → PIGGY), pooling rewards by region and sharing across NFT holders and hosts. In short: proven hardware, real revenue, now brought on‑chain. Source

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JD’s Take

It’s great to see a DePIN project like ROVR doing real data sales, publishing numbers, and partnering with Zelostech—those sidewalk robots are out there, and they need accurate data. Wingbits delaying the TGE isn’t ideal, but if it strengthens revenue and partnerships, the trade‑off could be worth it. Personally, I wouldn’t take the USDC trade‑in right now.

I’m also bullish on home ASIC lottery miners. There’s no protocol governance drama—just hash and luck. And Piggycell’s on‑chain power bank model makes real sense where shared charging is already mainstream. Different markets, different needs—but strong fundamentals win over time.