A solo Bitcoin miner recently earned 3.329 BTC, worth $222,438, by processing a block on the network, which contained 3,285 transactions. Despite the increasing difficulty of mining and the halving event in April 2024, which reduced rewards to 3.125 BTC per block, individual miners continue to occasionally succeed. While mining is now dominated by large-scale operations due to high energy costs and complexity, solo miners have seen significant wins this year, marking a rare but notable achievement in the competitive Bitcoin mining landscape. Source: Decrypt
