Bitcoin mining is a giant lottery. Every ~10 minutes, one miner wins 3.1482 Bitcoin — worth $269,672 today.
On Oct 5, 2026, this miner using mining hardware found block #970,081. They were mining alone — no big pool, just their own machines competing directly against the entire Bitcoin network (969.97 EH/s total).
Winning solo means keeping 100% of the reward — no pool fees, no sharing. High risk, high reward.
difficulty × 2³² hashes.
With 177 blocks over 176 days,
the implied sustained hashrate is 8.79 EH/s.
Hashrate unknown for this miner — odds cannot be calculated. They found a single block; their true hashrate is a mystery.
a/trustpool/,mmLV&L$24d``1&&'In 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. 🎉