Удача в одиночной добыче: майнер получил $284 661 за блок биткоина Translation: Luck in solo mining: miner earned $284,661 for a bitcoin block

A solo miner successfully mined block #927,474 in the network of the first cryptocurrency. The reward amounted to 3.133 BTC ($284,661), which included 0.008 BTC ($689.5) in network fees.

The user was operating with a hashrate of 270 TH/s, as clarified by CKPool administrator Kol Kolivas. With this level of power, the chance of finding a block was approximately 1 in 30,000 per day.

This marks the 311th block ever mined by individual miners using the platform. CKPool allows participants to engage in Bitcoin mining while retaining the entire reward. The pool charges a 2% fee on the total amount.

In November, a user of the platform successfully mined a block using equipment with a mere hashing power of 6 TH/s. Kolivas described the miner who earned $264,558 as «incredibly lucky.»

On December 11, during the latest difficulty adjustment, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty was recalibrated downwards by 0.74%, reaching 148.2 TH.

After hitting an all-time high of 155.97 TH at the end of November, the metric has dropped for the third consecutive time. However, the depth of these corrections has been decreasing with each occurrence. Current forecasts suggest a slight recovery for the metric at the next adjustment, expected in about two weeks.

According to Glassnode, the global Bitcoin hashrate (7 DMA) is around ~1.1 ZH/s. The current dynamics confirm a trend towards record levels near 1.15 ZH/s, recorded around mid-October.

On November 21, following a drop in Bitcoin prices to $83,000, the hashrate price fell to its lowest point of the year—approximately $34 per PH/s per day. Even after the recovery of the digital gold price above $90,000, the mining profitability metric failed to exceed $40 per PH/s per day.

It’s worth noting that in November, MARA CEO Fred Thiel predicted a challenging period for miners due to increased competition and declining profitability.

Industry experts believe that the sector is currently experiencing the most serious profit crisis in its history.