Solo Miner Receives 3.125 BTC Reward for Mining Block

An independent miner has successfully solved a cryptographic puzzle to verify transactions and add a new block to the Bitcoin blockchain. The miner mined block number 883,181, for which he received a reward of 3.125 BTC, worth $310,000. Crypto journalist Pete Rizzo tweeted that the miner processed a block containing 3,071 transactions. In addition to the main reward, the solo miner received an additional 0.033 BTC in transaction fees. This brought the total profit to…