Solo Bitcoin Miner Secures Block and $210,000 Reward
Bitcoin mining is a competition for the computing power needed to win the right to add blocks to the ledger. After the April 2024 halving, the fixed subsidy per block fell to 3.125 BTC. Large mining operations and pools control most of the network’s computing power. Solo miners using CKPool bear their own costs, retain the reward when they find a block and pay a 2% fee, making success with limited computing power highly uncommon.
On April 2, 2026, an anonymous miner connected to CKPool mined block 943,411 with about 230 TH/s of computing power. The miner received 3.139 BTC, including the subsidy and transaction fees, worth about $210,000 at the time. The miner’s daily odds of success were about 1 in 28,000. It was CKPool’s 312th solo-mined block, while only 20 such events had occurred in the previous 12 months.
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The history behind this eventSolo Bitcoin Miner Wins Block Reward With Minuscule Hashrate
Bitcoin uses a proof-of-work system in which miners compete with computing power to produce a block roughly every 10 minutes. Large mining pools typically combine their hashrate to make returns more consistent. Solo miners accept extremely low odds of success but can collect the full block subsidy and transaction fees when they prevail. This low-hashrate win underscores the probabilistic nature of bitcoin mining.
On April 9, 2026, a miner using the solo mining platform CKpool produced block 944,306 with a hashrate of just 70 TH/s. Mempool data showed the miner received 3.128 bitcoin, worth about $222,012 at the time, comprising a 3.125-bitcoin block subsidy and 0.003 bitcoin, or about $212, in transaction fees. CKpool developer Con Kolivas estimated the miner’s daily odds of success at about one in 100,000.
Solo Miner Turns $75 of Rented Hashrate Into $200,000 Bitcoin Block
Bitcoin mining involves participants competing to validate transactions and produce new blocks, with the winner receiving the block subsidy and transaction fees. After the April 2024 halving, the subsidy fell to 3.125 BTC per block. CKPool lowers the barrier to entry by allowing solo miners to mine independently and submit results, though the odds of success remain extremely low.
At 4:04 p.m. Taiwan time on February 24, 2026, a solo miner used CKPool to rent 1 PH/s of hashrate for about $75, or 119,000 satoshis. The miner successfully produced block 938,092 and received 3.125 BTC, worth more than $200,000 at the time, for a return of about 2,600 times the initial outlay.
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