• Solo Bitcoin miner successfully mined a Bitcoin block and received a block reward of 3.151 BTC
  • Solo CK Bitcoin miner has garnered the attention of the crypto space for mining a Bitcoin block

A solo Bitcoin miner has made it to the headlines today by achieving an almost impossible task. He mined a Bitcoin block independently and received a block reward of 3.151 BTC. Even though this feat is not unachievable, it is rare in the Bitcoin mining community, as the probability is 1 in a million. 

The miner received a block reward of 3.151 BTC for mining the block 899826, whose timestamp is 5 June 2025 at 07:18:18 (UTC). Bitcoin’s value at present is $104,631, which results in a reward worth $330,000 to the miner. Apart from the block reward, the miner received total fees of 0.026 BTC, worth $2,761, and a median fee of approximately 2 satoshis, worth $0.29. 

The news came to light when an X account named Dr-ck, which probably belongs to a CK Pool developer, posted about it on X. He congratulated the miner and shared a snapshot from mempool, which represents this achievement. Furthermore, Dr-ck also shared that the hashrate of this solo miner is rental-based. This is why the miner took a long time to successfully mine a Bitcoin block. 

Solo Bitcoin Miner Outpaces Big Mining Pools

This is not the first time a solo Bitcoin miner solved a Bitcoin block independently. However, this is a very rare achievement, receiving appreciation from the Bitcoin mining community. Some of the community members posted on X, “Satoshi Nakamoto would be proud.” 

Usually, most of the Bitcoin blocks are mined by big mining pools and public Bitcoin miners . Since the hashrate for BTC mining is high, individual miners contribute their mining power to mining pools. When an X user asked Grok AI about this event, it replied,

“Yes, solo mining a Bitcoin block is possible, but rare. Most solo miners rely on chance with much less power, making success unlikely. Ideologically, it supports decentralization, but it’s not profitable for most.”

The Bitcoin block reward reduces every four years by half during the Bitcoin halving event. As the mining reward reduces, the mining difficulty increases to maintain the time intervals of block mining.  

Bitcoin mining is one of the most prized features of its blockchain, through which new Bitcoins come into circulation. It ensures most of the blockchain qualities, like security, decentralization, immutability, transparency, etc., stay intact. 

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