A solo Bitcoin mining pool processes its second block in less than 3 days

• The miner who solved the block operated at 38.7 PH/s, according to data from Parasite Pool.
• Parasite Pool offers a fixed bonus of 1 bitcoin to whoever finds the block and distributes the rest among all participants.

Amid a notable increase in the computing capacity of the solo mining pool Parasite Pool, a miner from this platform processed block 958,527 of the Bitcoin network on July 18, marking the second find this pool has achieved in less than 3 days. This is also the fifth block since the launch of Parasite in May 2025.

This new block from Parasite, according to data presented by mempool.space, entailed a total reward of 3,131 bitcoin (USD 200,235). This figure combines the current block subsidy plus 0.006 bitcoin (USD 360.30) in transaction fees, with a median rate close to zero satoshis per virtual byte.

The coins obtained by Parasite Pool are distributed with a fixed bonus of 1 bitcoin (BTC) to the miner who solves the block, while the rest of the profit is divided among the connected participants, including that same team. All in proportion to the work each contributed since the last block found by the platform.

The miner who solved block 958,527 identifies as <> and, at the time CriptoNoticias reviewed, operated with a computing capacity of 38.7 PH/s (petahashes per second) distributed across six different ASICs, according to data from the Parasite Pool website.

Considering that the total computational power contributed to Bitcoin is 892 EH/s (exahashes per second, a measure one thousand times greater than PH), the miner who found the new block from Parasite provides approximately 0.00434% of the total hashrate of the network.

The hashrate of Parasite Pool continues to grow.

The hashrate chart of Parasite Pool shows a sustained increase since July 15, with a peak close to 1.2 EH/s the following day. CriptoNoticias had already reported this growth on July 16, when the hashrate reached 942 PH/s compared to an average of just 181 PH/s in the previous seven days. An increase of approximately 420%.

Two days later, the hashrate of Parasite Pool remains high: the average for the last hour is 932 PH/s, the last 24 hours is 677 PH/s, and the last seven days is 321 PH/s. It is still well above the 181 PH/s prior to July 15.

The notable increase in Parasite's computing power is explained by the arrival of more miners to the pool and mainly because the miners already operating there increased their contributed hash rates. This, possibly attracted by the reward distribution scheme of Parasite Pool, which prioritizes smaller miners over traditional pools, as this medium has already explained.

The rise of solo mining platforms like Parasite Pool also revives a fundamental debate within the Bitcoin ecosystem: the centralization of mining among a few actors (pools and industrial miners).

Unlike large pools and mining companies that concentrate a majority portion of the total hashrate of the network, this type of platform allows a single participant, even with far fewer resources than those actors, to find a block on their own and take home a complete reward.

The finding of Parasite Pool not only demonstrates that solo mining remains viable in 2026, but also reveals a deeper trend: small and medium miners are finding renewed incentives to participate directly in the network.

For part of the community, this scheme recaptures the original principle of Bitcoin described by Satoshi Nakamoto: participating in the network without relying on intermediaries.

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