CKPool Solo Miner Scores $200K BTC Reward on Block 960,804
A solo Bitcoin miner has struck gold, solving block 960,804 and earning a reward worth approximately $200,000. The miner used CKPool's infrastructure without running their own full node, taking a 2% cut of any block found.
The payout was made up of the 3.125 BTC subsidy and 0.032 BTC in fees from 4,243 transactions, totaling 3.15689830 BTC. This is the 317th solo block found through CKPool, with a peak hashrate of 100PH for the winning address.
The odds of finding a solo block are extremely low, with one miner estimating it would take a hobbyist with a single 100 TH/s machine around 172 years to find a block. However, solo finds have been happening regularly, with varying rewards and dollar values tracking Bitcoin's price rather than any change in the odds.