Two anonymous solo Bitcoin miners successfully validated blocks on consecutive days, October 26 and October 27, 2026. Each miner retained the full block reward, which included the 3.125 BTC subsidy plus additional transaction fees.
The first miner, using FutureBit Apollo Solo, discovered block #973,262 on October 26, earning approximately 3.154 BTC. The following day, a second miner using CKPool Solo found block #973,413, receiving a reward of about 3.14 BTC.
At current market prices, each of these individual payouts is valued between $253,000 and $255,000. Unlike pool mining, where rewards are distributed among participants based on their contributed computing power, solo miners keep the entire payout.
Historical data since 2016 indicates that solo block discoveries are rare, with only 132 such events recorded, totaling 969 BTC in rewards. On average, a solo miner finds a block once every 14 to 16 days.
