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Solo miner with 270TH snags block 752868 for ~6.35 BTC (worth ~$125K)

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There had been a dry spell, with no blocks mined on solo.CKPool.org [since April](https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1519169796637483008), but earlier in the year solo miners were popping off!

![solo.CKPool.org ~1 year chart](https://i.postimg.cc/VNjMxH4v/Screenshot-at-2022-09-06-06-50-37.png)
Source: https://explorer.btc.com/btc/pool/34

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At current difficulty, it would take a solo miner with 270 TH/s seventeen long years to solve a block.  This miner took the chance at going it alone (versus mining with a pool), and the bet paid off!!

> Chance per block: 1 in 878,301
> Chance per day: 1 in 6,099
> Time estimate: 17 years

Source: https://solochance.com

> I implore anyone who is considering mining solo to realistically weight up their chances before doing so. This site will give you an accurate view of the probabilities http://solochance.com

https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1488713529813512192 [[Nitter](https://nitter.it/ckpooldev/status/1488713529813512192)]

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[And yes, I realized after the edit window had passed that I had the wrong [[Nitter](https://Nitter.it/ckpooldev/status/1567092077561024515)] link in the Description for this post.  Sorry!]