Overview
- Blockchain data show an anonymous miner found Bitcoin block 928,351 on Dec. 18 while solo mining with rented hashpower.
- The miner reportedly spent about $86 via NiceHash and received roughly $271,000 from the block’s payout.
- The block was mined outside any major pool, so the full reward accrued to the individual rather than being shared.
- Analysts report the payout came primarily from the fixed block subsidy because transaction fees on the block were modest.
- Coverage stresses this as a rare statistical outlier given near-record network hashrate and declining profitability for most miners.