Independent Bitcoin Miner Mined a Block, Earning Approximately $200,000 in Rewards, with Peak Hashrate Reaching 100 PH/s
2026-08-03 17:16
Odaily News: An independent Bitcoin miner mined Bitcoin block 960804 at 02:16 UTC on Monday, earning a reward of 3.15689830 BTC, worth approximately $200,000. The reward includes a 3.125 BTC block subsidy and 0.032 BTC in transaction fees from 4,243 transactions.
CKPool developer Dr-ck stated that this block is the 317th independent block mined via CKPool, with the winning address being bc1qdyqjq9qccp34pyv3kxmsrkn7p0amnsqqy8kdeq. Its hashrate fluctuated significantly, peaking at 100 PH/s, which is speculated to be rented hashrate.
At the time, the Bitcoin network's total hashrate was 924 EH/s, and this peak accounted for approximately 0.011% of the network, corresponding to mining one block roughly every 64 days. CKPool allows independent miners to connect to its infrastructure without running a full Bitcoin node, and charges a 2% fee from the blocks mined.
CKPool developer Dr-ck stated that this block is the 317th independent block mined via CKPool, with the winning address being bc1qdyqjq9qccp34pyv3kxmsrkn7p0amnsqqy8kdeq. Its hashrate fluctuated significantly, peaking at 100 PH/s, which is speculated to be rented hashrate.
At the time, the Bitcoin network's total hashrate was 924 EH/s, and this peak accounted for approximately 0.011% of the network, corresponding to mining one block roughly every 64 days. CKPool allows independent miners to connect to its infrastructure without running a full Bitcoin node, and charges a 2% fee from the blocks mined.
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