A solo Bitcoin miner has become the latest lucky person to win the “Bitcoin mining lottery,” pocketing a $347,455 block reward.
Bitcoin node infrastructure company Umbrel said the solo miner won the block via the Public Pool Bitcoin mining pool, earning the 3.125 Bitcoin block reward and a 0.016 BTC transaction fee on top.
It took place at block height 920,440, on Thursday at 7:32 pm UTC, Mempool.space data shows.
While solo Bitcoin miners winning blocks isn’t uncommon, this one was more impressive as the miner secured the block entirely on their own by running a solo mining pool as opposed to the more common practice of pooling hash power with others.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
