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 computing power, successfully validated block 943,411, earning a block reward of 3.139 BTC, valued at around $210,000. Notably, this miner's share of the total network hashrate is negligible, effectively rounding to zero on most dashboards. The miner was connected to solo.ckpool.org, an anonymous solo min…