- Solo miner solved Bitcoin block 944,306
- Block reward totaled 3.128 BTC
- Mining done using 70TH S19 setup
- Event occurred via ckpooldev pool
- This marks the 4th solo block found in one week
- Estimated odds: 1 in 100,000 chance per day
Solo Miner Solves Bitcoin Block
A solo Bitcoin miner has successfully mined block 944,306, earning a reward of 3.128 BTC worth $222,012. The block was solved using a mining setup with approximately 70 terahashes per second (TH), specifically an S19 unit. The mining activity took place through the ckpooldev pool. The miner’s address involved in the block discovery is bc1qle9l2lm07guj6krs73dwc88qx6vqpeuvrredvj.
Confirmation from ckpool Administrator
The software engineer behind Bitcoin mining tools cgminer and ckpool, and administrator of solo.ckpool.org, confirmed the event. The statement congratulated miner “bc1q~edvj” for solving the 313th solo block through the ckpool solo mining service. The block was identified as being solved via the endpoint eusolo.ckpool.org.
Probability and Rarity: According to the provided data, a miner operating at this scale has approximately a 1 in 100,000 chance of solving a Bitcoin block per day. This equates to an expected success rate of roughly once every 300 years under typical conditions. This event represents the fourth instance of a solo miner successfully finding a Bitcoin block within a single week. Recently, a solo Bitcoin miner earned 3.139 BTC (~$210K) by mining block 943,411 using ~230 TH/s on CKpool.
