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How solo Bitcoin miners won 22 blocks in 12 months as another hit the jackpot this week A single Bitcoin (BTC) miner collected a full block reward on Jan. 13, claiming 3.125 BTC plus fees worth close to $300,000 at current prices. The win wasn't split among thousands of pool participants. One address received the entire payout in an industry dominated by industrial-scale mining operations commanding exahashes of compute power. But solo miners still manage to find blocks, not because the odds are favorable, but because probability doesn't care about expectations.
