Independent Bitcoin Miner Defies 1-in-28,000 Odds to Claim $210,000 Block Reward
On Thursday, a solo bitcoin miner, operating with approximately 230 terahashes per second of computational power, successfully validated block 943,411, earning a reward of 3.139 BTC, valued at around $210,000. This achievement is remarkable, given that the miner's share of the total network hashrate is negligible, effectively rounding to zero on most performance metrics. The miner was connected t…