“It is not a rare occurrence that a solo miner finds a block, it is just a low probability event,” CryptoQuant’s head of research Julio Moreno told CoinDesk. “However, this has been happening a little bit more frequent as there has been a growth in the production of small ASICs (mining equipment), which is specifically targeted to people that want to mine by their own from their own home.”
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/09/10/solo-bitcoin-miner-wins-big-after-securing-an-entire-block-reward/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines