Pair of solo miners strike Bitcoin blocks one day apart
Two anonymous solo miners found Bitcoin blocks on October 26 and 27, 2026. Each collected about 3.15 BTC, or roughly $253,000 to $255,000.
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what happened
Two anonymous miners working alone found Bitcoin blocks on back-to-back days. According to Crypto Briefing, the first, block #973,262 on October 26, 2026, was mined using FutureBit Apollo Solo and paid about 3.154 BTC. The next day, block #973,413 was found through CKPool Solo, with a reward of around 3.14 BTC.
Both miners kept the entire reward, transaction fees included. Most of each payout is the fixed 3.125 BTC subsidy. At current prices, each one comes to roughly $253,000 to $255,000. This differs from pool mining, where the reward is split among participants in proportion to the computing power they contribute.
why it matters
For miners, solo mining means rare but large payouts. The publication reports that 132 solo blocks have been tracked since 2016, totaling 969 BTC, and only 22 in the twelve months to January 2026. The average is roughly one solo block every 14 to 16 days. Electricity bills arrive every month, while a block reward may never come, which is why pools offer steadier income. The two blocks did not move Bitcoin's price or meaningfully change hashrate.
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- Two solo Bitcoin miners hit jackpot blocks on consecutive days — Crypto Briefing, 27 October 2026 at 19:40 UTC
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