Bitcoin News: Solo Miner Makes $360K in Rare Bitcoin Win

Solo Bitcoin Miner Earns $360K in Unique BTC Block Victory

The miner used about 9 petahashes per second of computing power, which gave him only a one in 800 chance of mining a block within 24 hours.

Shaurya Malwa | Edited by Sheldon Rebeck Updated August 18, 2025, 2:22 PM Published August 18, 2025, 11:55 AM

Key points:

• A lone miner achieved a rare victory by independently solving block 910440 and earning 3,137 BTC worth over $362,000.
• He used CKpool, a platform that allows individual users to contribute computing power without joining a mining pool, and had a one in 800 success rate.
• Solo mining provides the entire reward without fees, but its difficulty increases due to the growing complexity of the Bitcoin network, unlike the more predictable income from pool mining.

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BTC BTC $116,630.82◢ 0.86%

One Bitcoin BTC A miner with a budget of $116,630.82 made an amazing move over the weekend by independently solving block 910440 and receiving 3.137 BTC worth over $362,000.

The block contained over 4,100 transactions and was processed through CKpool, a platform that allows private participants to contribute computing power without formally joining a mining pool.

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The miner used about 9 petahashes per second of computing power, giving it only a one in 800 chance of finding a block within 24 hours. CKpool administrator Con Kolivas noted that this was only the 305th block found by a single miner since the start.

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