On the morning of August 3rd, Beijing time, a solo miner successfully mined block height 960804 independently, relying on their own hash rate without relying on large mining pools. They received the full block subsidy and transaction fees, totaling 3.157 Bitcoins, equivalent to a market value of approximately $199,300. This block data has been confirmed on-chain by major blockchain explorers such as Mempool, Blockstream, and OKLink.

Basic on-chain information:

Block height: 960804

Block time: 2026-08-03 10:11

Total block reward: 3.157 BTC (Fixed Subsidy 3.125 BTC + Transaction Fee 0.032 BTC)

Real-time valuation: Approximately $199,300

Block transactions: 4243 Bitcoin transactions, block size 1594.7KB, network difficulty 555.32T; Block address: bc1qdyqjq9qccp34pyv3kxmsrkn7p0amnsqqy8kdeq, no mainstream mining pool tags, identified as an independent miner.

Block mode description:

This miner uses the Solo CK solo miner, relying solely on personal hash rate to compete against the network difficulty. Once a block is mined, the miner collects all the rewards.

Industry background: independent mining difficulty continues to rise

Currently, the Bitcoin network’s hashrate remains consistently high, with a few large mining pools accounting for over 75% of the network’s block output. The probability of a single person’s hash rate cracking the block hash puzzle is extremely low. Based on conventional hash rate calculations, the average waiting period for a typical home-use mining device to mine a single block could reach hundreds of years.

Since the second half of 2023, there have been over 50 successful independent solo mining cases globally, with CKPool Solo contributing over 40 single-person block production records. In 2026 alone, there have been multiple cases of micro-mining rigs successfully producing blocks independently, confirming that the Bitcoin Proof-of-Work (PoW) mechanism remains equally open to all nodes, and individual participants always have the right to produce blocks across the entire network.

Risk warning:

The probability of winning in independent mining is extremely low; the vast majority of long-term solo miners receive no rewards. Cryptocurrency prices fluctuate wildly, and mining hardware costs and electricity consumption are high. Blindly following the trend and participating in high-risk solo mining is not recommended.