Bitcoin mining is a giant lottery. Every ~10 minutes, one miner wins 3.1390 Bitcoin — worth $268,793 today.
On Jun 17, 2026, this miner using a Large mining farm found block #954,054. They were mining alone — no big pool, just their own machines competing directly against the entire Bitcoin network (965.62 EH/s total).
Winning solo means keeping 100% of the reward — no pool fees, no sharing. High risk, high reward.
difficulty × 2³² hashes.
With 51 blocks over 350 days,
the implied sustained hashrate is 971.1 PH/s.
i52j://85a2d481-1f50-45ce-be3d-a2c4d17cbeb80In pool mining, thousands of miners work together and split the reward every time they find a block.
In solo mining, you work alone. You keep 100% of the reward — but you might go years without finding anything.
The Bitcoin network produces ~52,560 blocks per year. Each block currently pays 3.125 BTC.
Every solo block is proof that small miners can still win. 🎉