According to the developer and administrator of the ckpool pool, Con Kolivas, this is block 282 of the Bitcoin network, mined by a single miner. Kolivas said that at the time of block validation, the total power of a single miner’s equipment was 120 Ph/s, but on average per week the miner produced about 12 Ph/s, which is approximately 0.02% of the total network power. Apparently, the miner rented additional capacity, which helped him mine a Bitcoin block.
Con Kolivas also reported that it appears that the miner who mined the block recently switched from mining as part of traditional pools to working alone. Perhaps regular mining turned out to be unprofitable for him after the next halving and he decided to try his luck in solo mining. Mining a block for solo miners is more like winning the lottery – it is an extremely rare occurrence.
Last year, Bits.Media reported on the mining of Bitcoin blocks by two solo miners, one of them from Russia. However, the previous block mined by a single miner was validated on April 5th.
Source: Bits
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