A solo Bitcoin ( data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price” title=”null”>BTC) miner successfully mined a block on Saturday, collecting the 3.125 BTC block reward, valued at $372,773.
The miner, data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/explained/330k-bitcoin-block-win-how-one-solo-miner-outsmarted-the-odds” title=”null”>operating through the Solo CK pool, a solo mining service, successfully data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://mempool.space/block/000000000000000000012b46e1a7ce322e850afde12422c440ee19d9c1b6d74a” rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank” title=”null”>mined block 907283, which contained 4,038 transactions and block fees totalling $3,436.
Rising network hashrate and difficulty make it increasingly harder for solo miners to compete with large-scale, corporate mining firms.
Despite the odds against solo miners, one data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/news/solo-miner-snags-bitcoin-block-reward-worth-300-k” title=”null”>successfully mined a block in February 2025, followed by a miner who used just 2.3…
