🧨 Lucky strike in Bitcoin mining!
A solo miner achieved what many consider almost impossible: he found block 910440 on August 17, 2025, operating through the Solo CKpool server.
📊 Key details of the finding:
- Estimated probability: 1 in 800 per day, according to Kon Colivas, maintainer of Solo CKpool.
- Mining power: 9 PH/s (petahashes per second), just 0.00092% of Bitcoin's total hashrate.
- Total reward: Over USD 370,000, including:
- 3.125 BTC as block subsidy.
- 0.012 BTC in transaction fees (about USD 1,454).
⚙️ What is needed to reach 9 PH/s?
- Approximately:
- 10 Bitmain S21e XP Hyd 3U units (860 TH/s each), or
- 39 units of the S21 Pro model (234 TH/s), or
- 82 ASIC S19 Pro (110 TH/s).
🎯 Why is it so rare?
Mining #bitcoin is dominated by large pools with thousands of machines. But this event demonstrates that, although unlikely, individual miners can still win the crypto lottery. It's a reminder that chance still plays a role in this highly competitive system.