An independent Bitcoin miner successfully mined a Bitcoin block yesterday, receiving a block reward of 3.125 BTC, in addition to 0.033 BTC in transaction fees, totaling 3.158 BTC. Based on the Bitcoin price at that time, approximately $98,300 per coin, the value of this reward is around $310,000.
This unidentified miner successfully processed Bitcoin block 883,181, which contained 3,071 transactions. Currently, it is unclear what kind of equipment this miner used, but some community users speculate on X (formerly Twitter) that he may have completed the mining with just a hobbyist miner worth $200.
Bitcoin mining has become increasingly difficult over time, requiring more computing power and energy consumption. Nowadays, most blocks are mined by large mining farms equipped with a large number of high-performance mining machines, operating on a large scale.
However, despite the extremely low odds, “independent miners” occasionally still succeed in mining blocks, similar to winning the lottery. According to a previous report by Zombit, there have been two incidents in 2024 where independent miners successfully received mining rewards, with the reward value at that time being around $200,000. Source.