Solo Bitcoin miner with 230 TH/s earns $210,000 block rewards

Solo miner with 230 TH/s hit a block. He earned 3.139 BTC (~$210,000). This ended a 33‑day solo dry spell.

The miner validated block 943,411 on April 3. Proof is in the post with the block screenshot on X. The payout was 3.125 BTC subsidy plus ~0.014 BTC in fees. He mined via CKPool, a solo‑mining service explained here.

He ran at 230 TH/s. The network hashrate was ~1 ZH/s then. His share was ~0.00002%. Daily odds were about 1 in ~28,000 per CKPool dev on X. Another analyst put it as once every 76 years at that size here. mempool.space confirmed the block on its site.

Key points
- Winner used CKPool and solved the 312th solo block recorded there according to CKPool dev.
- Reward: 3.139 BTC, worth roughly $210,000 at that time source.
- Odds: ~1 in 28,000 per day at 230 TH/s source.

Similar solo wins keep popping up. CKPool logs show repeated small‑rig wins in recent months, including sub‑300 TH/s setups.

Big miners moved the other way. Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC in Q1 2026 for ~$289M and held 15,680 BTC at quarter end. MARA Holdings sold over 15,000 BTC in March for ~$1.1B to manage debt.

Headline
Solo miner with 230 TH/s mines Bitcoin block, pockets 3.139 BTC after 33‑day lull