INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Another solo Bitcoin miner has just hit the jackpot, mining an entire Bitcoin block with a relatively low-powered rig and netting themselves
The administrator of the Bitcoin mining pool CKpool, where the block was mined, congratulated the lucky miner, adding that they used just
2.3 petahashes to solve it
$349,028.A solo block is mined
they may have been using several older-generation ASIC miners, which can produce 2.3 petahashes per second of hashpower.Smaller hobbyist
still, USB miners such as the NerdMiner Pro v2 can only produce kilohashes per second and are very unlikely to hit the jackpot on a full
need around 166,000 TH/s of hash power
This is equivalent to almost 500 Antminer S21 Hydro units, which would cost millions of dollars in upfront investment, Cointelegraph
Bitcoin block reward, worth over $300,000 at the time
necessarily guarantee success, as it is pure probability
