A Bitcoin miner mining solo using CKPool successfully mined block #943,411 on Thursday, earning approximately 3.139 BTC (including block subsidies and transaction fees), equivalent to about $210,000 at current prices. Statistics show that independent mining remains a low-probability event. In the past 12 months, independent mining pools have only mined 20 blocks, totaling approximately 62.96 BTC, averaging one "winning" every 18.7 days, with the longest interval being 58 days, the last recorded instance being February 28th. This block win occurred amidst intensifying mining competition. The Bitcoin network difficulty previously experienced its largest drop since February (approximately -7.7%), followed by a rebound of approximately 3.87% within 24 hours, reflecting a temporary weakening of hashrate and briefly increasing the miner's block-mining probability. (Cointelegraph)