On Friday, the unidentified miner bagged 💰$266,000 for solving block 888,737. As detailed by Bitcoin block explorer mempool.space, this reward comprised 3.125 newly mined Bitcoin and an extra 0.032 Bitcoin from transaction fees. Given the current Bitcoin price of about $84,200 per coin, the total equated to a rewarding 💰$266,000 payout.
Usually, big mining companies like Bit Digital, Riot Blockchain, and Marathon Digital dominate the scene due to their extensive resources.
Despite this, sometimes individual miners strike it lucky, using personal machines to solve blocks—though this is exceedingly rare. In this case, the miner used a budget-friendly DIY FutureBit Apollo device.
Just last month, another solo 🤑 Bitcoin miner struck gold by solving a block, which resulted in a $300,000 reward 💰.