Solo Bitcoin miner scores $347K — ‘pure self-soverignty in action’

A solo Bitcoin miner has solved block 920,440, mining it entirely on their own and cashing in a huge reward for themselves.

A solo Bitcoin miner has become the latest lucky person to win the “Bitcoin mining lottery,” pocketing a $347,455 block reward.

Bitcoin node infrastructure company Umbrel said the solo miner won the block via the Public Pool Bitcoin mining pool — earning the 3.125 Bitcoin (BTC) block reward and a 0.016 BTC transaction fee on top.

It took place at block height 920,440, on Thursday at 7:32 pm UTC, Mempool.space data shows.

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