FutureBit launched its Apollo III Full Node on Friday, allowing customers to walk into Micro Center stores in Brooklyn, Miami, Tustin and Austin and purchase a $1,099 bitcoin miner with a full node built-in.
The compact 6.5-inch cube, priced from $899 for a miner-only model to $1,399 with 2 TB of SSD storage, offers up to 18 TH/s in Turbo mode while consuming about 325 watts and includes 8 GB of memory, a solo mining pool and American-designed 3-nm chips.
Customers can also reserve units online for in-store pickup, and the rollout marks the debut of Micro Center's new Austin location, its 31st U.S. store and third in Texas.
Founder John Stefanopoulos highlighted the symbolic return to the Brooklyn Micro Center where he originally sourced parts, noting the shift from online orders to same-day hardware access.
The device supports Eco and Super Eco modes for quieter, lower-power operation, and FutureBit has not disclosed how many units each store will carry.