A single miner successfully mined a Bitcoin block and earned over $300,000.
Date: 2025-02-12 Author: Henry Casey Categories: CRYPTO PAYMENTS
On February 10, an unknown miner added block #883,181 to the Bitcoin blockchain, according to Mempool.Space data. The reward for this was 3,158 BTC, including 3,125 BTC for the block and 0.033 BTC in fees. At the current rate of about $98,000 for 1 BTC, the payout is estimated at $309,400.
Due to the increase in the number of miners, the difficulty of Bitcoin mining is gradually increasing. Today, most blocks are mined by large mining pools. In recent months, Foundry USA (31.73%) and AntPool (18.45%) have become leaders, occupying the first places in terms of mined blocks.
On February 10, the mining difficulty reached 114.17 T, meaning it takes 114.7 trillion calculations to find a single block. Given such difficulties, the chances of a solo miner succeeding are slim.
In the last 10 years, solo miners have mined only 300 blocks, with the most productive year being 2015 (161 blocks mined).
