A solo Bitcoin (BTC) miner running just 230 Terahash per second of computing power — roughly 0.00002% of the network's total hashrate — validated block 943,411 on Apr. 2 and collected 3.139 BTC worth approximately $210,000 in block rewards and transaction fees.
Solo Miner Overcomes 28,000-to-1 Odds
The anonymous miner used solo.ckpool.org, a platform launched in 2014 that allows individual operators to keep their full block rewards minus a 2% fee. Bitcoin's total hashrate stands at roughly 1 Zhash per second, making the miner's setup almost negligible by comparison.
CKpool developer Con Kolivas said on social media that the miner had roughly a 1-in-28,000 chance of finding a block on any given day. For context, major operations like Riot Platforms run about 30 exahashes — approximately 130,000 times the hashrate of the winning miner.
The win marked the 312th solo block solved through the CKpool platform.
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Industrial Miners Offload BTC Holdings
The solo miner's reward arrived during a period when large-scale mining companies are moving in the opposite direction. Riot Platforms sold roughly $250M worth of BTC last week. MARA Holdings offloaded $1.1B in Bitcoin late last month.
Both firms have been redirecting capital toward AI infrastructure.
Despite the overwhelming dominance of industrial pools, solo miners continue to claim block rewards at a notable pace. A solo miner earned a $282,000 reward in Dec. 2025, and two separate miners each won roughly $300,000 in Jan. 2026.
In Feb. 2026, another miner collected $200,000 after renting just $75 worth of hash power.
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