A solo Bitcoin miner validated a full block utilizing on-demand rented hashrate, incomes a payout value about $200,000 on the time.
Block reward and rented compute
Mining agency Braiins stated the miner discovered Bitcoin block 938092 and picked up the three.125 BTC block subsidy.
The miner reportedly spent about 119,000 satoshis (round $75) to lease 1 petahash per second of hashpower and paid a small solo-mining price.
Braiins stated the miner used CKPool, which permits people to mine independently whereas utilizing a pool server to broadcast work and submit options.
What the blockchain information exhibits
Mempool.area information exhibits block 938092 was mined round 8:04 am UTC on Tuesday.
Bitcoin’s hashrate and problem decide how arduous it’s to discover a legitimate block, and problem adjusts each 2,016 blocks to maintain common block instances close to 10 minutes.
Community hashrate will be tracked on Bitbo’s bitcoin hashrate chart.
Solo wins are nonetheless unusual
Solo block wins stay statistically uncommon.
Information from solo miner tracker Bennet exhibits 21 solo miners discovered blocks over the previous 12 months, incomes a mixed 66 BTC value about $4.1 million at present costs.
Bennet’s information additionally exhibits a solo block is discovered about each 17.2 days on common.
Problem rebounds after winter storms
Bitcoin mining problem rose to 144.4 trillion after the newest adjustment, a 15% improve.
The transfer reversed an earlier 11% drop tied to extreme US winter storms, described because the sharpest hashrate decline since China’s 2021 mining ban.