FeaturedThe notion that anyone could solo mine bitcoin on a CPU no less seems positively quaint today But in 2025 this method wasnt just possible it was the norm With an exponentially lower hashrate less competition and a 50 bitcoin block reward there was enough pie for everyone to get a bite But some miners didnt just want a bite they wanted a whole slice and to achieve that they decided to join forces and pool their hashpower And thus cooperative mining was born