A solo Bitcoin miner pulled off an extraordinary feat: solving an entire block alone and earning 3.146 BTC — roughly $270,000.
What makes this even more impressive is the miner’s hardware: an old-generation ASIC delivering just 6 terahashes per second (TH/s).
This block was mined on CKpool, which operates at an estimated 855.7 exahashes/s — an astronomical difference in hashing power. According to pool creator Con Kolivas, the miner had only a 1-in-180-million chance of solving a block.
In practical terms, running 6 TH/s against CKpool’s massive network hash rate is like buying a single lottery ticket in a draw where billions of tickets were sold.
Yet, the improbable happened.
Reports come from Tom’s Hardware, highlighting one of the rarest wins in modern Bitcoin mining.
Key points:
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6 TH/s miner solves full Bitcoin block
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Earns 3.146 BTC (~$270k)
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1 in 180 million probability
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Confirmed by CKpool’s Con Kolivas
