Solo Bitcoin Miner Earns 3.15 Bitcoins — You Can Earn Free $BTC Too With BTC ...
A solo miner hit what many are calling a jackpot, as he mined a Bitcoin block #887,212 with just a 480-gigahash per second (GH/s) Bitaxe machine. He earned a total of 3.15 Bitcoins, which includes 0.025 $BTC in transaction fees. This, as per current prices, amounts to a whopping $257,963. The miner is a part of the solo.ckpool mining pool, developed by Con Kolivas. Kolivas said that this is an exceptionally rare feat. After all, such a small-sized miner would need approximately 3,500 years to find a block. The chances of finding a block per day are less than 1 in a million. To put it in....
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