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<p class="is-style-lead">On June 9, at block height 793,607, a solo bitcoin (BTC) miner successfully <a href="https://explorer.btc.com/btc/block/793607" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mined</a> a block through a mining service provider, solo.ckpool. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="solo-bitcoin-miner-wins">Solo bitcoin miner wins&nbsp;</h2>



<p>The feat meant that the bitcoin miner received the 6.25 BTC block reward and overcame the high odds against him. At current conditions&#8211;and the hash rate at over 390 EH/s as of June 11, it is extremely rare for a solo miner with relatively low hash rate to mine a Bitcoin block.</p>




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<p>Observers note that the miner, identified as &#8220;151XTfHBfaDqoNWGGeYobNX2YzFFWuB5YD&#8221;, likely operated a single S9 miner, which dispensed 17 TH/s.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The obsolete s9 bitcoin mining rig manufactured by Bitmain was released in 2016 and can only be bought in the secondary market. It distributes 13.5 TH/s under optimal conditions but is also very power-hungry.&nbsp;</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to miner 151XTfHBfaDqoNWGGeYobNX2YzFFWuB5YD with only ~17TH for solving the 275th block at <a href="https://t.co/UWgBvLkDqc" target="_blank">https://t.co/UWgBvLkDqc</a>! That is likely a single S9 miner. A miner of this size would only solve a block once every ~450 years on average <a href="https://t.co/1vGmN03qU6" target="_blank">https://t.co/1vGmN03qU6</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Con Kolivas (@ckpooldev) <a href="https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1667282510424969219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 9, 2023</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>The true identity of the solo miner cannot be revealed since solo.ckpool seals it. Their bitcoin address is only public, while other details are anonymous.</p>



<p>Ordinarily, a miner operating this gear would only solve a block once every 450 years on average.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Based on the current difficulty of the Bitcoin network, which is at 51T, the probability of success is 1/5,500. Even despite the odds, the extremely low hash rate channeled to solo.ckpool was enough to mine the mining pool its 275th.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="platform-for-inefficient-old-bitcoin-miners">Platform for inefficient, old bitcoin miners</h2>



<p>Solo.ckpool claims it is not a mining pool. Instead, it describes itself as a service provider allowing solo Bitcoin miners to continue their operations as miners &#8220;cannot mine directly to a bitcoin core node.&#8221;&nbsp;</p>



<p>In this setup, a solo, regular miner avoids the overheads of running a full bitcoin node that would otherwise demand more storage space and more bandwidth to operate efficiently. </p>



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<p>The solo.ckpool infrastructure is tailored for &#8220;miners with old/inefficient miners that will never earn any rewards through regular mining that wish to leave it mining as a lottery.&#8221;&nbsp;</p>



<p>At the same time, it serves as a &#8220;last backup for all miners who don&#8217;t have a solo setup or wish to avoid the overheads of running one.&#8221; The service provider also adds that if the solo miner successfully mines a bitcoin block, they receive 98% of the block rewards and transaction fees tagged with the block.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The current Bitcoin difficulty, measuring how hard it is to mine a bitcoin block, <a href="https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/difficulty-chart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stands</a> at 51T. Meanwhile, the hash rate <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-hashrate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fell</a> from 424 EH/s to 390 EH/s on June 11. With the hash rate falling, mining difficulty could follow suit.</p>




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