Independent miner hits another 'lucky moment,' solo mines a Bitcoin block and earns 3.128 BTC! According to Mempool data, at 2:46 PM Beijing time on April 9, an independent Bitcoin miner successfully mined block #944306, earning a solo block reward of 3.128 BTC—equivalent to approximately $222,000 at current prices. What’s worth noting is that this is the second case in the past week where an independent miner has solo mined a block using the CKPool service.