Against Overwhelming Odds, a Solo Bitcoin Miner Secures a $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 reward of 3.139 BTC, valued at around $210,000. Notably, this miner's share of the total network hashrate was extremely small, virtually negligible on most dashboards. The miner was connected to solo.ckpool.org, an anonymous solo mining pool…