bitcoinNovember 7, 2026
Solo miner finds Bitcoin block with about 1-in-35 yearly odds
A participant in the Solo CKPool pool independently found Bitcoin block #974 893. This is the 319th such case since the platform launched.
According to the service's administrator, Con Kolivas, the miner used computing power of about 581 TH/s, while its main worker provided 564 TH/s. For a miner with such a hash rate, the probability of finding a block within a year is estimated at about 1 in 35.
The finder's reward was 3.1335 BTC, or roughly $238,000.
For someone who holds or exchanges cryptocurrency, the news shows that Bitcoin blocks are sometimes found by miners with modest power, not only by large pools.