According to CoinMeta, as reported by bitcoin.com and news, from February to November 2026, independent Bitcoin miners mined a total of 36 blocks and accumulated approximately 113.149 BTC in rewards, which is worth about 8.5 million US dollars at current prices. The reward for each block ranges from about 3.13 to 3.2 BTC, equivalent to a value of around 236,000 to 242,000 US dollars. Recent successful mining cases have come from independent mining pools such as ckpool and solo, with some involving small home-use mining machines.