Solo miner mined a block in the Bitcoin network and received $ 347,455

One of the independent Bitcoin miners BTC $109,300.00 Mezo Wrapped BTC 1.16% Market capitalization $58.27 million VOL. 24 hours $0.9 billion mined a block and received a reward of about $ 347,455. According to the infrastructure company Umbrel, the miner mined a block in the Bitcoin network at an altitude of 920,440, doing so completely independently — without participating in a shared pool.

The winner received a base reward of 3,125 BTC and an additional 0,016 BTC in transaction fees. Umbrel noted that the miner used their server to launch his own Public Pool, which allowed him to fully control the mining process without intermediaries or third parties. «No intermediaries. No third parties. This is pure independence in action,» the company wrote in a post on X.

The Bitcoin community reacted positively, calling the event an example of true decentralization. «The block was mined by a solo miner on its own pool hosted on the Umbrel server. Full independence. We need more examples like this,» the Bitcoin Bazaar account noted.

Experts believe that the growing number of individual miners who successfully solve blocks is a positive trend for the decentralization of the network. This allows small participants to compete with large industrial companies, many of which are now public and concentrate a significant part of computing power.

The event coincided with the growing popularity of miniature miners, such as Bitaxes, which cost between $ 155 and $ 600. Although their contribution to the total hashrate is insignificant, these devices contribute to the openness of the industry, as most models are open source — unlike the closed ASIC systems used by large mining farms.