Wed 25 February 2026 ▪
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It’s exceptionally rare for a single miner to verify an entire Bitcoin block, but one miner recently accomplished the feat, turning a modest hobby-level operation into a significant payday. Using an on-demand leased hashrate, a miner was rewarded for an entire block, showing how small investments in cloud mining can sometimes pay off big.
In short
- A solo miner recently achieved the rare feat of mining an entire Bitcoin block, earning 3,125 BTC worth roughly $200,000.
- The operation used a leased hashrate on demand and spent about $75 per 1 PH/s with a small service fee for solo mining.
- Bitcoin mining difficulty has climbed to 144.4 trillion after recent hashrate drops.
A Solo Miner gets a reward for an entire block
Braiins, a Bitcoin mining company, has announced that a solo miner has successfully mined block 938092, earning a standard reward of 3,125 BTC, worth roughly $200,000 at current market rates. The miner used an on-demand hashrate for this operation, which cost 119,000 satoshis – approximately $75 USD – for 1 petahash per second plus a 0.5% solo mining service fee. The block was verified via CKPool and confirmed on Tuesday at approximately 8:04 UTC.
Kristian Csepcsar, chief marketing officer at Braiins, pointed out how unlikely it is to win, noting that renting 1 PH/s for a day gives a miner roughly a 1 in 8,000 chance of mining a block – much lower odds than large lotteries that run into the hundreds of millions. Despite the slim odds, the opportunities add up over time as a new Bitcoin block is mined approximately every 10 minutes.
Solo Mining Trends and Bitcoin Network Challenges
Bitcoin mining is usually dominated by large pools, making individual miner wins across the block very uncommon. However, the availability of cloud platforms has changed the game, allowing miners to rent computing power without needing their own equipment. This opens the door for small operators to compete and occasionally reap significant rewards.
Despite these challenges, data from the standalone mining aggregator Bennet shows that miners are still achieving remarkable results:
- Last year, 21 miners successfully mined full blocks and earned a combined 66.16 BTC, currently worth $4,329,065.
- This result represents a 17% increase in solo mined blocks compared to the previous year, showing that small-scale mining continues to yield rewards.
- Blocks were mined at an average interval of 17.2 days, with the longest gap reaching 58 days, reflecting the unpredictable but ongoing nature of solo mining.
Bitcoin mining difficulty, meanwhile, climbed to 144.4 trillion, recovering 15% after an 11% drop in the network’s hashrate earlier this month due to harsh winter conditions in the United States. This represents one of the biggest declines in recent memory. According to CoinWarz, the next difficulty adjustment, expected on March 5, 2026, could further increase the difficulty to 145.12 trillion.
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Ifeoluwa specializes in Web3 writing and marketing and has over 5 years of experience creating insightful and strategic content. In addition, he trades cryptocurrencies and is skilled in performing technical, fundamental and chain analysis.
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