Bitcoin miner solves block alone, grabs $180,000 reward

A single Bitcoin miner received the total reward of a Bitcoin block, a rarity due to the hash and power requirements needed to mine the blockchain.

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A Bitcoin miner has achieved the rare feat of processing a block on their own which netted a payday of around $180,000.

Block 860749, mined on Sept. 10, contained 5,935 transactions with a reward of ‎3.169 Bitcoin (BTC) worth around $182,505 given to the mining pool Solo CK, according to Bitcoin block explorer Mempool.space.

Solo miners solving blocks is rare due to the hashrate requirements, but it's not impossible. Source: Mempool.space 

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