The 36 independent Bitcoin (BTC) block discoveries produced about 113.149 BTC in total, including transaction fees. They occurred from Feb. 11 through Nov. 7.
Individual payouts fell in a narrow band, from approximately 3.13 BTC to 3.2 BTC. Some miners used compact equipment at home, and CKPool Solo featured in several recent wins.
The protocol recalibrates mining difficulty after each 2,016-block interval, targeting a pace of about one block every 10 minutes. A harder target means miners must do more computing work to find a valid block.
