A solo miner successfully mined a Bitcoin block and earned $218,500.

🙀 On April 29, a solo miner successfully mined Bitcoin block #841,286 using a hardware with a hashrate of 120 PH/s, as reported by CKPool pool administrator Kon Kolivas. This event occurred after the recent halving, which reduced the Bitcoin mining reward from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. From this block, the miner 💰 earned 3.433 BTC, approximately $218,544, including transaction fees.

👀 Kolivas suggested that the miner had switched from pool mining to solo mining because pool mining was not covering his ⚡️electricity costs, and he suggested that the miner consider renting out his hashing power.

🔨 Solo mining a block is a relatively rare event in the 14-year history of Bitcoin’s blockchain, having occurred only 282 times. The average network hash rate currently stands at 591 EH/s, having 📈peaked at 728 EH/s on April 23. The hash rate has ⬆️ surged by over 90% in the past year, making solo mining increasingly challenging.