Lightning struck individual Bitcoin miners twice this week, netting them about $300,000 worth of profits each. BTC.
Early Thursday morning, one miner landed a 3.157. BTC The award (including fees) was worth approximately $304,000 at the time it was paid.
Earlier, another solo miner successfully mined a block on Tuesday, earning a payout worth $295,000. In return, each miner received full payment. This is a rare outcome given the dominance of large industrial-scale mining operations.
Bitcoin’s memory pool is dominated by Foundry USA, AntPool, and F2Pool, which together account for almost 57% of all blocks mined.
Bitcoin mining is the process by which transactions are confirmed and added to the blockchain, the public ledger that underpins the network. Miners compete to solve cryptographic puzzles using specialized computers, and the first one to find a working solution wins the right to add the next transaction block, along with associated block rewards and transaction fees.
This process is stochastic. This means that miners with more computing power have a better chance of winning, but the outcome is ultimately determined by chance.
It’s unclear where the lucky solo miners are, but there is evidence that America’s grip on Bitcoin mining is declining.
solo Bitcoin miners are hitting the jackpot
A full block has been mined. 3.16 BTC Obtained.
The one-shot will cost you $295,000.There is no pool. There is no division. All his.
solo Mining beats the odds, but it’s still possible, albeit rare.An absolute legend. 💪 pic.twitter.com/VFdpvwzxNX
— Crypto Patel (@CryptoPatel) January 14, 2026
U.S. Bitcoin mining companies are racing to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence, resulting in some big transactions. And while that helped boost the stock prices of Bitcoin miners that pivoted, it also provided an opportunity for countries like China to regain market share.
A recent report from BlocksBridge Consulting found that in 2025, North American pools where miners combine their computing power to solve blocks and increase their chances of earning block rewards will see a consistent decline in block share, or the percentage of total Bitcoin blocks successfully mined.
As of December, BlocksBridge said Foundry USA, MARA Pool, and Luxor Technologies accounted for 35% of all Bitcoin blocks, down from over 40% in January of last year.
