A solo miner running just 6 terahashes per second of computing power has overcome odds of about 1 in 180 million to mine a full Bitcoin block via the CKpool pool. According to CoinDesk, the miner secured 3.146 BTC plus transaction fees — a payout worth around US$270,000 at current rates, despite commanding only about 0.0000007% of the network’s estimated 855.7 exahashes/sec of hash‑rate.
The figure was confirmed by CKpool creator Con Kolivas, who said that the miner only had “a one in 180 million chance” of solving a block on any given day. The miner employed an older‑generation ASIC capable of roughly 6 TH/s, submitted shares to CKpool’s solo‑mining infrastructure, and retained the full block reward minus CKpool’s 2% pool fee.
