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In the world of mining, there are stories that remind us of the unpredictability of probabilities and the power of perseverance of individual enthusiasts who mine alone. Recently, one lone miner, using the CKpool solo mining service, achieved what seems almost unrealistic for most participants in the global network: he mined a full Bitcoin block. Subsequently, the founder of the CKpool service confirmed that this miner was indeed working through their platform.
The miner independently processed and confirmed a group of transactions, forming a new block that became part of the blockchain. For this, he received the entire block reward without any deductions to other participants, as is the case in classic pools. He became that rare lucky guy who literally “went out the window of probability.”
Under the existing parameters, the chances of finding a block solo were about 1 in 180 million. And yet his experiment ended brilliantly: the block reward was approximately 3.146 BTC, which at the time of the event was equal to about $270,000.
Even more impressive is that his equipment was far from powerful mining farms. His equipment ran on an old ASIC with a performance of only 6 TH/s. This indicator in mining is called the hash rate — the number of cryptographic calculations that a device can perform per second. It should be noted that modern industrial mining farms measure their power in hundreds of petahashes, so 6 terahashes seem almost microscopic.
Modern industrial farms are large centers with powerful computer equipment (miners, often ASIC devices) used to mine cryptocurrencies. They are located in spacious, large rooms and use special power and cooling systems for stable operation.
Solo mining involves a complete refusal to combine forces with other users, so the reward is not shared among the pool participants. The risk is enormous, but the potential gain is equivalent to complete control over the block.
This case is a vivid example of how, even in the competitive environment of Bitcoin, there is still room for small surprises for the persistent. It reminds us that the network remains open to everyone and that even the most modest efforts can sometimes yield unexpectedly large rewards.