Two solo Bitcoin miners hit jackpot blocks on consecutive days

What happened

Two anonymous solo Bitcoin miners each found a block on consecutive days in late October 2026. The first, block #973,262 on October 26, paid about 3.154 BTC, including the full 3.125 BTC subsidy plus fees. The second, block #973,413 on October 27, paid around 3.14 BTC.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

Solo miners keep the entire block reward instead of sharing it with a pool, so these rare wins deliver a large one-time payout to one participant. Since 2016 only 132 solo blocks were found, which highlights how unlikely such wins are for small miners.

Analyst inference

Large pools like Foundry USA and AntPool dominate block production because more computing power means better odds of winning the guessing contest. Solo wins are therefore rare events; when they happen, the reward goes to one miner rather than being split among thousands.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Watch whether more solo block wins are reported in the coming days, since two occurred back-to-back on October 26 and 27, 2026. Confirmed
2. Solo miners could consider whether running their own hardware, like the FutureBit Apollo Solo used in the first win, is worth the cost versus joining a pool. Proposed
3. Higher Bitcoin prices could make each solo block reward more valuable in dollar terms, which may encourage more small miners to try solo mining despite low odds. Analyst inference

Affected assets

• BTC — Bitcoin

Evidence

• cryptobriefing.com