Independent Miners Secure Bitcoin Block Rewards Amid Market Shifts

According to ChainCatcher, two independent miners successfully mined Bitcoin blocks this week, each earning a full block reward valued at approximately $300,000. One miner produced a block early on Thursday, receiving 3.157 Bitcoins, including transaction fees. The other miner earned a reward earlier in the week valued at around $295,000. Currently, the Bitcoin mining market is dominated by large mining pools such as Foundry USA, AntPool, and F2Pool, making it less likely for independent miners to produce blocks. Recently, the market share of U.S. mining operations has declined, with some publicly listed mining companies shifting their computational power towards AI and high-performance computing sectors.