Solo miner hits jackpot with $180K bitcoin block reward
- —Block reward: 3.125 BTC ($178K) plus 0.044 BTC in fees
- —82 PH/s equals roughly 410 Antminer S21 rigs
- —Estimated odds of solving the block: 1 in 7,800
- —It was the 292nd block found by CKPool users
Why it matters: Solo mining remains a lottery: as difficulty climbs, such finds are rare but pay the entire reward to a single participant.
Source: Cryptocurrency.tech