Two solo miners each validated a Bitcoin block less than seven hours apart on November 7, 2026, earning more than 3.1 BTC apiece. The double win through the CKPool Solo service shows that independent mining, though extremely unlikely in any given block, remains possible while network hashrate hovers near 1,002 EH/s.
🔑 In brief
- Two solo blocks worth 3.1335 BTC and 3.1427 BTC total 6.2762 BTC, or about 426,200 euros at the rate cited by the source.
- The Okay Bears operation ran at roughly 581 TH/s, about 1.7 million times less than the network’s 1,002 EH/s.
- Mining difficulty stood at 148.4 T, below the record of about 156 T set in late October 2025.
- Two earlier solo wins on April 2 and April 9, 2026 serve as precedents, while global hashrate fell to about 1,004 EH/s in Q2 2026.
Two Solo Jackpots Within Seven Hours
On Saturday, November 7, 2026, two solo mining operations each validated a block on the Bitcoin network, less than seven hours apart. According to Cryptoast, citing Bitcoin Magazine on Telegram, each one earned more than 3.1 BTC, or more than 210,000 euros at the price used by the source. One operation is attributed to Okay Bears, an NFT collection that uses the CKPool Solo service. The other is attributed to an unidentified user of the same service.
The first block, number 974,893, was validated at 4:51 a.m. UTC. It paid 3.1335 BTC, or about 212,800 euros. That total included 3.125 newly minted BTC and 0.0085 BTC in transaction fees. The block contained 3,955 transactions. Okay Bears said it intends to distribute the proceeds to holders who locked their NFTs in its staking program.
The second block, number 974,930, was found at 11:41 a.m. UTC, 6 hours and 50 minutes after the first. It paid 3.1427 BTC, or about 213,400 euros. Together, the two rewards total 6.2762 BTC, or nearly 426,200 euros, based on a Bitcoin price of 75,824 dollars. The sources report no specific price movement following these two validations; they mention only the price level used to value the rewards.
| Block | Time (UTC) | Reward | Estimated hashrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 974,893 | 4:51 a.m. | 3.1335 BTC (about 212,800 euros) | 581 TH/s (Okay Bears) |
| 974,930 | 11:41 a.m. | 3.1427 BTC (about 213,400 euros) | 86.9 TH/s (unidentified user) |
Hashrate and Odds: The Lottery of Solo Mining
Hashrate measures the computing power a miner contributes to the network. According to CKPool’s lead developer, the Okay Bears operation had about 581 TH/s, while total Bitcoin network hashrate was close to 1,002 EH/s at that moment. That is a ratio of roughly 1.7 million to one: the network’s power was about 1.7 million times greater than that of this operation.
The miner behind the second block had about 86.9 TH/s. According to the same source, its odds of finding a block over one year were roughly one in 233. For comparison, Bitcoin produces one block every ten minutes on average, or about 52,560 blocks per year. A solo miner must therefore accept that a win can take years, even though the full reward belongs to the finder when it arrives.
How CKPool Solo Works and Why Difficulty Matters
The CKPool Solo service lets miners keep the full block reward instead of sharing it with pool members. It also allows them to mine without operating a full Bitcoin node. The service charges a 2% fee on each reward. In solo mode, the miner keeps the entire reward for any block it finds, but must accept extremely high variance.
Mining difficulty, which measures how much computation is needed to find a block, stood at 148.4 T during these events. It remained below the record of about 156 T set in late October 2025, despite several recent increases. A difficulty slightly below the record marginally improves the odds for small miners, without removing the random nature of solo mining.
Precedents From April 2026
A timeline clarification is necessary: the sources dated April 2 and April 9, 2026 do not describe the two November jackpots. They report two other solo wins earlier this year via CKPool, which serve as precedents.
The first was validated on April 2, 2026 by a miner nicknamed the « Easter miner » in the sources. It won 3.125 BTC, or about 210,000 dollars, in line with the base reward in force since the last halving. According to Cointribune, it was the first of two solo wins via CKPool within seven days.
The second was validated on April 9, 2026. Mempool data attributed it to block 944,306 and to a miner using Solo CK, identified by the partial address bc1q~edvj. The miner’s estimated power was 70 TH/s, or about 0.0000074% of global hashrate according to BeInCrypto, relayed by Yahoo Finance, on a network then exceeding 940 EH/s. Cointribune, however, gives a different ratio of 0.00000667%. The sources therefore do not agree on that percentage, but they do agree on the 70 TH/s figure and on how tiny it is relative to the network.
Reported amounts also differ. BeInCrypto, relayed by Yahoo Finance, and Journal du Coin cite 3.128 BTC, or about 222,000 dollars, including subsidy and fees. Cointribune reports 3.125 BTC and about 225,000 dollars. The gap most likely reflects the price and conversion method each outlet used.
| Date | Block | Miner | Power | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | Not specified | Easter miner (nickname) | Not specified | 3.125 BTC (about 210,000 dollars) |
| April 9, 2026 | 944,306 | bc1q~edvj (Solo CK) | 70 TH/s | 3.128 BTC (BeInCrypto) or 3.125 BTC (Cointribune) |
CKPool’s pseudonymous developer, known as Dr-ck, summed up the odds on X:
“A miner of this size has only a one-in-100,000 chance of solving a block per day, or once every 300 years!”
Dr-ck, pseudonymous developer of CKPool
According to Cointribune, the second miner’s power was three times lower than that of the week’s first winner. The block was rewarded in BTC and was the 313th solo block found via CKPool since the service launched.
Solo Mining as a Marginal Activity in a Shifting Sector
Solo mining remains a lottery. Most miners join pools to pool their hashrate and earn steadier income. Large listed operators deploy several tens of exahashes per second, compared with 70 TH/s for the April miner. The 2026 wins therefore did not alter the economic dominance of large farms and pools, but they showed that the protocol remains accessible to much smaller participants.
The economic backdrop has nonetheless shifted. BeInCrypto reports that global hashrate fell to about 1,004 EH/s in the second quarter of 2026, from about 1,066 EH/s in the previous quarter. According to the same source, weaker mining profitability forced the shutdown of the least efficient machines.
At the same time, many mining operators are diversifying into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. CoinShares notes:
“Based on recent company announcements, listed miners could derive up to 70% of their revenue from AI by year-end, versus about 30% today. What began as a marginal diversification strategy is becoming the core of their business.”
CoinShares, sector analysis
An episode of the Actu Crypto podcast, published on November 8, 2026 with a runtime of four minutes, recapped the event: two solo miners each validated a block less than seven hours apart, each pocketing more than 210,000 euros.
Conclusion: A Lottery That Stays Open
The two validations of November 2026 confirm that the Bitcoin protocol remains open to modest participants, even though the individual probability of success stays extremely low. For investors, the most useful signals lie not in isolated jackpots but in the structural trends of hashrate, difficulty and miner profitability.
Three scenarios stand out. In the first, difficulty stays near current levels and solo mining remains a bet on luck. In the second, a renewed rise in hashrate would push difficulty higher and further reduce the odds for small miners. In the third, persistently weak profitability would accelerate the shift toward AI, changing the sector’s profile without undermining how the network operates.
Sources
- Cryptoast, two solo miners, Okay Bears and CKPool blocks
- Cointribune via TradingView
- BeInCrypto via Yahoo Finance
- Journal du Coin
- BitMart News
- Actu Crypto podcast, November 8, 2026
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