Whats the odds of actually hitting a block with just one s7? Im imagining the chance is zero - none? It would be nice if you did hit one but by the time you work out what your going to lose if you fail to hit when mining solo it might not be worth the risk?
This is the last difficulty change - Jun 21 2016 - 1,499,324,110 GH/s was approx network on hashing. So S7 4.73 GH/s for a single one running. If my math and numbers are right 4.73 / 1,499,324,110 = 0.00000031548% as a percent to hit a block on the 21st (hash rate has went up a little since then).
To put this against something in lotto looking at powerball you have around 1 in 292 million shot. 1 / 29200000 = 0.000003425% (again assuming I did not make any errors here)
S7 - 0.00000031548%
PB - 0.000003425%
If my numbers are right you have a better chance just buying hitting a powerball jackpot. So practical to solo with 1 S7?.,,, no but I'm sure some still will just like people play lotteries thinking of the fun if you do hit it.
math is way off. first mistake is 4.73/ 1,499,324,110 needs to be 4730/1,499,324,110 once you get that number.
.0000031548 multiply by 144 you get .0004542912 multiply by 10 = 0.004542912 chance for 10 days of hashing take and divide
it be that number 1/0.004542912 =
220.123 to 1 for 10 days of an s-7 .compare below and you will see we are close due to rounding errors.
here is the easy way. the blue highlight is normal luck earnings in a day for an s-7 0.01129
simply divide 25 by the number you get 2215 to 1 to hit a block in a day so he will do it for about 10 days so his
chance is 221.5 to 1