A lucky Bitcoin miner bagged a big reward of 3.146 BTC— or $266,000 at today’s prices — after solving a block alone with only a tiny fraction of the computational power normally needed to win a block reward, according to blockchain data.
The miner, who is believed to have been using a machine that’s designed for hobbyists, hit the jackpot with a hash rate of around 1.2 terahashes per second (TH/s), which is negligible in an industry dominated by industrial-scale operations.
The individual bagged a 3.146 BTC reward for solving block 924,569, which includes the 3.125 BTC reward plus transaction fees.
Hashrate is the computational power used to mine Bitcoin. When blocks — containing transaction data — are processed by miners and added to the blockchain, miners are rewarded for their work with newly minted Bitcoins.
According to CKpool creator Con Kolivas, the “extremely lucky” individual miner on Friday had a 1 in 1.2 million odds per day of earning the reward at the reported hash rate.
Solo Miners Are Winning More Blocks In 2025
Friday’s development marks the 308th solo block mined using the CKpool software, and the first CK-mined block in roughly three months.
Overall, 2025 has been an exceptional year for single operators. Last month, a solo Bitcoin miner banked a $347,000 reward after independently solving block 920,440 completely on their own.
In early September, another miner operating through the Solo CK pool snagged a total reward of 3.13 BTC — worth approximately $347,872 at the time, while similar wins were recorded in August and back in February.
Most solo miners are motivated by the prospect of a payday, but by contributing to the network’s security, Bitcoin’s advocates believe that such miners also enhance the network’s overall decentralization.
