A 33-day dry spell for solo Bitcoin miners ended last week when one small 
operator cracked a block that, statistically, should not have been cracked for 
decades. Related Reading: XRP Eyes $8.30 Target As Rare Chart Pattern Emerges 
From Prolonged Decline One Miner, One Block, One Very Long Shot The winning 
miner earned 3.139 BTC — worth roughly $210,000 — after successfully 
validating block 943,411 on April 3. The payout included the standard 3.125 
BTC block subsidy and approximately 0.014 BTC in transaction fees. Data from 
mempool.space confirmed the transaction. The miner operated through CKPool, a 
platform built for independent operators who prefer to go it alone and keep 
most of what they earn. What made the win remarkable was the hardware behind 
it. The miner&#8217;s setup ran at just 230 terahashes per second. At the time, 
Bitcoin&#8217;s total network hashrate sat at approximately 1 zettahash per second. 
That put the miner&#8217;s share of global computing power at around 0.00002% — a 
slice so thin it barely registers. A solo Bitcoin miner with a small setup 
just hit the jackpot earning 3.139 BTC block rewards worth $210,000. His setup 
was so small, he should statistically win once every 76 years. 
pic.twitter.com/z7s1LxIhZT — Bitcoin Archive (@BitcoinArchive) April 6, 2026 
CKPool developer Con Kolivas put the daily odds of success at roughly 1 in 
28,000. Bitcoin Archive analyst Archie framed it differently: a miner at that 
power level should statistically win once every 76 years. This particular 
miner didn&#8217;t wait that long. Congratulations to miner 
bc1qtt7cr9cxykyp9g4hq47zf5lq9t97cxvq72lun3 with ~230TH for solving the 312th 
solo block at https://t.co/UWgBvLk5AE! A miner of this size has a 1 in ~28k 
chance per day of solving a block.https://t.co/dx3lUuDRbl 
pic.twitter.com/uiDOzZdHts — Dr -ck (@ckpooldev) April 2, 2026 A Pattern Of 
Unlikely Wins The April win marked the 312th solo block ever mined through 
CKPool, based on data from the Bennet solo-miner tracker. It snapped a 33-day 
gap since the previous solo success, recorded on February 28. But the result 
is far from an isolated case. Reports show a string of similar upsets over 
recent months. In December, a miner running at 270 TH/s walked away with more 
than $284,000. Before that, a setup running at just 6 TH/s — far smaller than 
the latest winner — pulled in around $265,000. A 200 TH/s rig scored 
approximately $350,000 back in September. Even rented computing power produced 
results: in late February, a miner reportedly spent about $75 on cloud 
hashrate and came away with close to $200,000 in rewards. Each of those wins 
carried odds steep enough to discourage most rational participants. And yet 
they kept happening. Related Reading: Bitcoin Mood Sours To Levels Not Seen 
Since Late February Big Miners Head In A Different Direction While independent 
operators occasionally pocket life-changing sums, large mining companies have 
been moving away from holding Bitcoin. Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC in the 
first quarter of 2026, generating roughly $289 million, while still holding 
15,680 BTC at quarter&#8217;s end. MARA Holdings moved even faster, selling more 
than 15,000 BTC between early and late March to raise approximately $1.1 
billion, using the proceeds to handle debt-related obligations. Featured image 
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