Solo Bitcoin Miner Hits Jackpot, Wins $266K

A lone Bitcoin miner hit the jackpot on Friday morning, mining a block without a pool of supporting miners, and receiving a reward of $266,000. But how realistic is such luck?

On Friday, an unknown miner processed Bitcoin block 888,737. This block contained 2,327 transactions, and the miner received a reward of 3.125 BTC, as well as 0.032 BTC as a fee.

At the current Bitcoin price of $84,257 per coin, that's over $266,000 per day.

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Bitcoin miners process blocks in the cryptocurrency network. Blocks are filled with transaction data and are part of the Bitcoin blockchain.

Miners are provided with new coins: a fixed reward of 3.125 BTC , as well as transaction fees paid by users of the payment system during a given block.

As the network expanded, mining operations became more energy intensive and now typically consist of industrial plants consisting of warehouses filled with machines.

However, sometimes a single miner can make a significant amount of money using a home hobbyist setup. In this case, according to blockchain data, the miner used a homemade FutureBit Apollo device.

However, experts told Decrypt that things may not be as simple as they seem: “solo mining” in blockchain terms technically refers to any miner who is not part of a mining pool . Pools are groups of crypto miners who share their resources to increase the chances of processing a transaction. However, they also end up splitting the reward.

“The term ‘solo miner’ covers a wide range of meanings,” pseudonymous Bitcoin miner Econoalchemist told Decrypt . “It could be a single person in their apartment or a warehouse full of powerful miners.”

Ultimately, this means that a “solo miner” could have a room full of hobbyist rigs all working to secure a transaction. Such an operation would not necessarily be easy or cost-effective to set up, although it would increase the miner’s chances of obtaining a block.

However, given that solo miners have mined many blocks in recent months, Friday's news could encourage more Bitcoiners to try their hand at home mining.

Edited by Andrew Hayward

Source: cryptonews.net