Solo Bitcoin miner earns $200,000 reward amid growing centralization concerns

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A solo Bitcoin miner has independently solved a BTC block to earn a reward of 3.275 BTC, roughly equivalent to $200,000. On Aug. 29, Con Kolivas, a software engineer and administrator of the solo mining pool ckpool, announced on X that the miner had successfully solved the 291st solo block in Bitcoin’s history. He congratulated […]


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