FutureBit Apollo III Comes to Micro Center: Home Bitcoin Mining Goes Retail
FutureBit + Micro Center · November 2026
FutureBit Apollo III is coming to Micro Center on Friday, November 13, 2026. At store opening, our home Bitcoin miner will be available at four launch locations: Tustin, California; Austin, Texas; Miami, Florida; and Brooklyn, New York.
This is FutureBit’s first brick-and-mortar launch. You’ll be able to see Apollo III in person, explore an in-store demonstration, and bring Bitcoin mining home from a store many of us already visit to build our next computer.
Launch at a glance: In-store sales and reservations begin Friday, November 13. Launch quantities are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Check your selected Micro Center location for current availability.
From buying parts in Brooklyn to the shelves
When FutureBit began in a Brooklyn studio, we made weekly trips to the Brooklyn Micro Center for parts. It was part of the process of building something we believed should exist: Bitcoin hardware that individuals could run in their own homes.
This Friday, our own product launches in that same store.
That connection makes this partnership personal. Micro Center is a place where people encounter technology, ask questions, and decide what they want to build. Bringing Apollo III into that setting gives more people a chance to discover that participating in Bitcoin can mean running the network themselves.
Our team will be at the Brooklyn store on launch day for a meet-and-greet. Stop by, say hello, and see the demo. We’re looking forward to celebrating this moment with the people who helped us get here.
A home Bitcoin miner you can experience in person
Apollo III brings dedicated Bitcoin mining hardware to a desktop-sized system. Built around FutureBit’s Hash Core 3 and American-designed 3nm ASICs, it gives home miners control over their operating mode, power use, and mining destination.
The appeal of seeing it in a store is straightforward. You can understand the size, look at the connections, and explore the interface. A working display makes the idea of a home Bitcoin miner more tangible than a specification sheet alone.
Apollo III offers efficient low-power operation and higher-performance modes, with a built-in power supply and a limited one-year manufacturer’s warranty. Noise and power use vary with the mode you choose.
Choose standalone mining or the full Bitcoin desktop
The Apollo III family offers two paths, depending on how you want to participate.
| Model | What it brings home |
|---|---|
| Apollo III Standard | A standalone Bitcoin miner with its own controller, Wi-Fi or Ethernet connectivity, and Apollo OS mining controls. Connect it to your chosen pool or add its hashrate to your own solo-mining setup. |
| Apollo III Full Node | The miner, a full Bitcoin node, and a built-in solo-mining server in one system. It is also a full Ubuntu desktop computer, with an 8-core ARM processor and 8GB of RAM. |
The Full Node edition offers configurations with a 1TB SSD, a 2TB SSD, or no SSD for owners who want to supply their own storage. Connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to use its Ubuntu desktop alongside the Bitcoin tools built into Apollo OS.
For buyers comparing home-mining options, the distinction matters: the Standard focuses on mining; the Full Node brings independent Bitcoin verification and your own solo server into the same device.
Solo mining, lottery mining, and your own node
Bitcoin mining is the process of performing proof of work to compete for the next block. A full node independently checks Bitcoin’s transactions and blocks against the rules it enforces. Apollo III Full Node puts both capabilities in your hands.
Solo mining means competing for the block reward rather than receiving a share of a pool’s regular payouts. At home-miner scale, it is often called lottery mining: a successful block can bring the block subsidy and transaction fees, but finding one is uncertain and there are no guaranteed payouts.
FutureBit’s approach goes further than connecting a miner to a centralized solo pool. With the Full Node’s built-in Solo Pool, your own node and device assemble block templates and serve work to the miner. You can also connect compatible external miners to that server.
That is the sovereignty we are building toward: individuals operating the infrastructure, verifying the network, and creating their own candidate blocks. Making that hardware accessible in a retail store gives more people a practical starting point.
Where to buy Apollo III at Micro Center
| Launch location | State | Availability begins |
|---|---|---|
| Tustin | California | November 13, at store opening |
| Austin | Texas | November 13, at store opening |
| Miami | Florida | November 13, at store opening |
| Brooklyn | New York | November 13, at store opening |
In-store reservations open Friday, November 13. Choose your configuration and selected store through Micro Center:
- Apollo III Full Node with 2TB SSD
- Apollo III Full Node with 1TB SSD
- Apollo III Full Node without an SSD
- Apollo III Standard
You can also explore the range and order directly through the FutureBit store. This launch is another step toward putting Bitcoin’s full toolset into more people’s hands.
One Node. One Miner. One Person.
Sources
Product information: Apollo III Full Node · Apollo III Standard. Retail configuration links are listed above.