# Independent Bitcoin Miners Find 36 Blocks From Feb. 11 to Nov. 7 By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/52214 Published: 2026-11-09T10:31:31.000Z Updated: 2026-11-09T10:31:31.000Z Section: Technology > The blocks carried about 113.149 BTC in combined rewards, including transaction fees. Independent Bitcoin (BTC) miners found 36 blocks from Feb. 11 through Nov. 7, with about 113.149 BTC in combined rewards including transaction fees. Rewards for individual blocks were roughly 3.13 BTC to 3.2 BTC. Recent successful finds included blocks through CKPool Solo, and some involved small home mining machines. Bitcoin [adjusts mining difficulty every 2,016 blocks]() to keep average block production near 10 minutes. Higher difficulty means miners must perform more computational work to find a block. ## Links in this article - [adjusts mining difficulty every 2,016 blocks](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/44683)