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Independent Bitcoin miner lands 3.157 BTC reward from block 960,804

Independent Bitcoin miner lands 3.157 BTC reward from block 960,804

A solo CKPool miner solved Bitcoin block 960,804 with hashrate that briefly peaked at 100 PH/s, taking about $200,000 and underscoring the long odds and occasional wins in independent mining.

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Fact Check
The authoritative on-chain source mempool.space directly confirms block 960804 was mined by 'Solo CK' on 2026-08-03 with a total reward (subsidy+fees) of 3.157 BTC. Solo CK is a solo mining pool, consistent with the 'independent miner' characterization. The dollar valuation (~$205,000 per CoinNess/Upbit, ~$199,320 per mempool) varies slightly by exchange rate but is within a consistent range. All corroborating news flashes cite the same mempool block hash. The claim is accurate.
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Summary

A solo miner using CKPool solved Bitcoin block 960,804 at 02:11 UTC on Monday, collecting 3.15689830 BTC worth about $200,000 from the 3.125 BTC block subsidy and 0.032 BTC in fees tied to 4,243 transactions. CKPool developer Dr -ck said it was the pool’s 317th solo block and identified the winning address as bc1qdyqjq9qccp34pyv3kxmsrkn7p0amnsqqy8kdeq. The miner appeared to be using rented hashrate that was highly variable and peaked at 100 PH/s. With Bitcoin network hashrate at 924 EH/s, that represented about 0.011% of the network, implying odds of roughly one block every 64 days at that level. By contrast, a single 100 TH/s hobby machine would face far longer odds, averaging about 172 years to find a block. The result extends a recent run of solo-mining wins through CKPool, where miners can direct hardware without running a full Bitcoin node and pay a 2% fee if they find a block. Bitcoin was trading around $63,700 on Monday, up 1.1% on the day, while the fixed block subsidy remains 3.125 BTC until the next halving at block 1,050,000, expected in the spring of 2028.

Terms & Concepts
  • hashrate: The computing power devoted to mining, usually measured by how many cryptographic guesses machines can make per second.
  • solo mining: Trying to find a block independently instead of sharing rewards with participants in a standard mining pool.
  • block subsidy: The fixed amount of newly issued Bitcoin paid to the miner that successfully adds a block, separate from transaction fees.