Bitcoin: A Second Solo Miner Manages To Validate A Block Within A Week

On April 9, 2026, a solo miner validated a block on the Bitcoin network. He therefore pocketed a reward of 3.125 BTC. This represents about $225,000. This is the second feat of its kind in seven days achieved via the solo mining service CKPool.

Bitcoin: when a solo miner defies the laws of probability

The miner was identified under partial address bc1q~edvj. According to the data, he had deployed only 70 TH/s of computing power. On the scale of the Bitcoin network, this represents barely 0.00000667% of the global hashrate (that is, a drop in the ocean!).

Against all odds, this miner nevertheless solved the cryptographic puzzle required by the Bitcoin proof-of-work (PoW) protocol.

The pseudonymous developer of CKPool, known as Dr-ck, confirmed it on X:

A miner of this size has only a one in 100,000 chance to solve a block per day, or once every 300 years!

Despite these astronomical probabilities, the fact remains: a block was validated and the reward was paid instantly in BTC. This is the 313th solo block found via CKPool since the creation of the service.

Specifically, this platform allows independent miners to participate in the competition without managing a full node of the Bitcoin network themselves. In return, CKPool takes a 2% commission on each block reward obtained.

Solo bitcoin mining: a record week for independent miners

This success comes exactly seven days after another similar feat. A first solo miner, also connected to CKPool, had in fact validated a bitcoin block in early April. He thereby won about $210,000 in accordance with the reward in place since the last halving. This also represents 3.125 BTC.

This second miner had computing power three times lower than that of the first winner of the week. The demonstration is therefore striking: in bitcoin mining, the size of the hardware guarantees nothing. Every participant, no matter how small, retains a tiny (but real) chance to hit the jackpot.

This series also recalls a structural phenomenon of the Bitcoin network: despite the domination of large mining pools, the protocol remains technically open to everyone. Digital assets like BTC are produced by a pure competition mechanism, with no advantage given to the most powerful beyond their hashrate.

Two solo bitcoin miners rewarded in one week! Luck plays well. In any case, these flash achievements illustrate one of the original promises of blockchain: that of a system where anyone can validate a block and benefit from rare gains in BTC.