Noticed from Cointelegraph, a solo miner mined Bitcoin block 912632 and almost earned $340K. It's quite surprising to me, though, but the solo miner successfully managed to mine an entire block and was fully rewarded. I don't know if the miner had a lot of hash power or if he is really lucky. It's kind of a twist in Bitcoin mining history, even though it's technically possible but very rarely happens. I haven't heard previously, or I wasn't witness to such a story.



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Usually most of the Bitcoin blocked has been mined by the mining pool; those are combined hash powers from a group of miners or by mining firms. But it's exceptional that a solo miner solved an entire block, because there is a lot of competition nowadays in the mining sector.

Do you think the solo miner is lucky, or does he have something special to increase the hash rate?

Noticed from Cointelegraph, a solo miner mined Bitcoin block 912632 and almost earned $340K. It's quite surprising to me, though, but the solo miner successfully managed to mine an entire block and was fully rewarded. I don't know if the miner had a lot of hash power or if he is really lucky. It's kind of a twist in Bitcoin mining history, even though it's technically possible but very rarely happens. I haven't heard previously, or I wasn't witness to such a story.



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Usually most of the Bitcoin blocked has been mined by the mining pool; those are combined hash powers from a group of miners or by mining firms. But it's exceptional that a solo miner solved an entire block, because there is a lot of competition nowadays in the mining sector.

Do you think the solo miner is lucky, or does he have something special to increase the hash rate?