Against 1 in 3,000 odds, a solo miner used a short burst of rented hash power to win a $330,000 Bitcoin block, proving that strategy can still beat scale in today’s mining landscape.
On June 5, 2025, a solo miner pulled off what most would call impossible: solving a Bitcoin block alone and earning over $330,000 in Bitcoin block rewards.
And they did it during the most competitive mining conditions in Bitcoin’s history.
