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Lightning Strikes Twice as Solo Bitcoin Miners Beat the Odds, Each Earning $300K
Lightning struck twice this week for solo Bitcoin miners, with each of them earning roughly $300,000 worth of BTC. Early Thursday morning, a solo miner landed a 3.157 BTC reward (including fees), worth roughly $304,000 at the time it was paid. This was preceded by another solo miner successfully mining a block on Tuesday and earning a payout valued at $295,000. Instead, each miner received the full payout, a rare outcome given the dominance of large, industrial-scale mining operations. The Bitcoin mempool is dominated by Foundry USA, AntPool, and F2Pool, which collectively account for nearly 57% of all blocks that ... (full story)
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