A solo miner running just 6 terahashes per second of computing power has overcome odds of about 1 in 180 million to mine a full Bitcoin block via the CKpool pool. According to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/11/23/hobbyist-miner-wins-usd265k-bitcoin-block-using-just-one-old-asic” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/11/23/hobbyist-miner-wins-usd265k-bitcoin-block-using-just-one-old-asic” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>CoinDesk, the miner secured 3.146 BTC plus transaction fees — a payout worth data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-price-plunges-wipes-usd1-trillion-from-value-weeks-after-it-hit-all-time-high-prices-now-near-lowest-level-for-the-year-erasing-2025-gains” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-price-plunges-wipes-usd1-trillion-from-value-weeks-after-it-hit-all-time-high-prices-now-near-lowest-level-for-the-year-erasing-2025-gains”>around US$270,000 at current rates, despite commanding only about 0.0000007% of the network’s estimated 855.7 exahashes/sec of hash‑rate.
The figure was confirmed by CKpool creator Con Kolivas, who said that the miner only had “a one in 180…
