Solo miner defies 1-in-100,000 odds to mine Bitcoin block

A solo Bitcoin miner has successfully mined block 944,306 using CKpool's solo mining software, according to data from Bitcoin explorer Mempool. The miner earned a total of 3.128 BTC, valued at approximately $222,012, which includes the 3.125 BTC block reward and 0.003 BTC in transaction fees. Con Kolivas, the developer of CKpool, stated that the probability of a miner of this size finding a block alone is about one in 100,000 per day.