On February 11, 2026, an independent miner was able to find block #936100 in the Bitcoin network, for which he received a reward of 3.153 BTC (approximately $213,000 at the current exchange rate). Of this amount, 0.028 BTC was made up of transaction fees.
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How the miner managed to receive the reward
According to information from the AtlasPool, the miner rented about 450 PH/s of computing power for 90 minutes to find the block. Block #936100 contained 3,278 transactions. The probability that this participant would find the block was estimated at 0.4485%.
“AtlasPool stated that the miner rented about 450 PH/s for 90 minutes.”
A rare success for solo mining
Experts note that such cases are rare, as most miners combine their power into large pools for stable income. Solo block finding has a significantly lower probability of success but allows the miner to receive the entire reward without sharing it with other participants.
It was previously reported that a solo miner with a hash rate of 270 TH/s received $285,000 for a mined Bitcoin block, which is also a rare occurrence in the mining sector.