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110 Hobbyist Miner Beats "1 in 180 Million Odds" to Win $265K Bitcoin Block Using Just One Old ASIC

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Shaurya Malwa @ CoinDesk · 11/22/2025 13:36 EDT

Hobbyist Miner Beats "1 in 180 Million Odds" to Win $265K Bitcoin Block Using Just One Old ASIC

The winning miner controls just 0.0000007% of Bitcoin’s total network hashpower, which recently hit a record 855.7 exahashes per second.

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