Solo Miner Cracks Bitcoin Block with Minimal Hashrate and Collects $278,000

A solo miner on the NiceHash platform solved Bitcoin block number 928,351 on Thursday and received 3.152 BTC worth approximately $278,000. The miner had rented hashrate for less than $100 and operated with just 270 TH/s of computing power – equivalent to roughly 0.00002 percent of the entire Bitcoin network capacity ^[1].

The probability of finding a block on any given day with this minimal hashrate was 1 in 30,000. The block reward consists of the current block subsidy of 3.125 BTC plus transaction fees of 0.027 BTC ^[1].

Just one week earlier, another solo miner had solved a block. In 2025, solo miners have been notably successful in mining complete Bitcoin blocks, despite large mining companies dominating the market. However, experts warn that solo mining is economically unpredictable and resembles gambling more than a long-term investment ^[1].

Bitcoin is currently trading at $82,200, 1.2 percent lower than the previous day.