Solo Bitcoin Miner Hits Jackpot, Scoring $200K BTC Reward
A solo Bitcoin miner solved block 960,804 at 02:11 UTC Monday and earned about $200,000. The block included 3.15689830 BTC total: the 3.125 BTC subsidy plus 0.032 BTC in fees from 4,243 transactions. It was the 317th solo block found via CKPool, with the winning address identified as bc1qdyqjq9qccp34pyv3kxmsrkn7p0amnsqqy8kdeq. The miner reportedly used highly variable hashrate that peaked at 100 PH/s, far above a typical hobby rig, though still only about 0.011% of the network’s 924 EH/s. Solo mining remains a lottery-like activity, but finds have become relatively frequent through services like Solo CKPool, which lets miners participate without running a full Bitcoin node and takes a 2% cut. The block reward will stay at 3.125 BTC until the next halving in 2028, when it drops to 1.5625 BTC. Bitcoin traded around $63,700 at the time.
