Overview
- An individual running about 230 TH/s on CKPool validated block 943,411 and earned 3.139 BTC worth roughly $210,000.
- The payout combined the 3.125 BTC block subsidy with about 0.014 BTC in transaction fees.
- CKPool is an anonymous solo mining pool introduced in 2014 that pays the finder the full block reward minus a 2% fee.
- CKPool developer Con Kolivas said the setup had about a 1‑in‑28,000 chance per day, with solo pools finding only 20 blocks over the past year.
- The win came as listed miners Riot, MARA, and Genius Group disclosed selling more than 19,000 BTC from their treasuries.