Solo Bitcoin miner bags $330K block reward despite record difficulty

A Bitcoin miner secured a $330,000 block reward despite network difficulty surging to a record 126.98 trillion.

A solo Bitcoin miner successfully mined block 899,826, earning a reward worth $330,386, a rare feat amid record-high network difficulty.

According to mempool.space data, the block was confirmed at 3:48 am UTC on June 5 and included 3,680 transactions. The miner, operating under the Solo CK pool, collected a subsidy of 3.125 Bitcoin (BTC) plus an additional 0.026 BTC in fees.

The average fee per transaction in block 899,826 was around $0.29, with a median fee rate of around 2 satoshis per virtual byte (sat/vB), suggesting relatively light network congestion at the time.

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