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

Two solo bitcoin miners each successfully mined a block this week, earning the full block reward worth roughly $300,000 per block, underscoring how rare but possible individual success still is in today’s pool-dominated mining landscape.

One miner found a block early Thursday and received a payout of 3.157 BTC, including transaction fees. Another solo miner earlier in the week earned a similar reward valued at around $295,000, according to public blockchain data and mempool trackers.

Such outcomes are uncommon because most miners do not operate alone. Instead, they join large mining pools that aggregate computing power and distribute rewards more steadily among participants. Solo miners face long odds, but when they do find a block, they collect the entire block subsidy and all associated fees.

Data from mempool trackers shows that the majority of bitcoin blocks are produced by a small number of major pools, including Foundry USA, AntPool, and F2Pool, leaving limited room for smaller operators to win blocks on a consistent basis.

Still, bitcoin mining remains a probabilistic process. While greater computing power increases the likelihood of finding a block, it never guarantees success on the next attempt.

The back-to-back solo wins also come as U.S. dominance in bitcoin mining appears to be easing. Some publicly listed miners have shifted capacity toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, while other regions — including China-linked pools — have begun to regain market share, according to recent industry tracking.