Two solo bitcoin miners hit rare $300,000 jackpots in the same week

Source: CryptoNewsNet Original Title: Two solo bitcoin miners hit rare $300,000 jackpots in the same week Original Link: Two solo bitcoin miners independently mined blocks this week with each collecting a full block reward worth roughly $300,000, a reminder that a small operator can still get lucky in today’s pool-dominated mining market.

One miner mined a block early Thursday and earned a 3.157 BTC payout including fees, while another solo win earlier in the week produced a similar reward near $295,000, based on public block data and mempool trackers.

That outcome is rare because most miners don’t mine alone. They join large pools — or groups that combine computing power to increase chances of finding blocks and earning more consistent rewards.

Solo miners, by contrast, face long odds, but when they do find a block, they receive the full subsidy and fees.

Mempool data shows the bulk of blocks are produced by a handful of pools, including Foundry USA, AntPool and F2Pool, leaving limited room for smaller operators to win blocks consistently.