NiceHash EasyMining's first USDT package finds Bitcoin block 974,683

NiceHash says one of its EasyMining users found Bitcoin block 974,683 with a Gold 50 package that cost 50 USDT. The company published the result on 6 November and called it the first full Bitcoin block mined after EasyMining added USDT as a payment option. The details are in NiceHash's own post.

What the blockchain shows

Block 974,683 landed on 5 November 2026 at 16:11 UTC. That part does not depend on the marketplace post. The coinbase paid a 3.125 BTC subsidy plus 0.0718 BTC in transaction fees, 3.1968 BTC in total, and the block included 3,697 transactions.

NiceHash listed the block reward as 3.125 BTC and valued it at about $235,318 using a Bitcoin price of $75,887 at the time. Those dollar figures are the company's, not a live quote.

What an EasyMining package actually is

EasyMining sells a slice of SHA-256 mining power for a fixed period, so the buyer does not need an ASIC, a warehouse or a power contract. NiceHash recently added USDT as a way to pay for those packages and says Bitcoin packs start from 5 USDT.

There are two modes:

• Solo mining: the package keeps the whole block if it finds one. The Gold 50 win is this case.
• Team mining: several buyers pool their packages and split a reward if the team finds a block.

What this means if you already mine

A 50 USDT ticket turning into a full block is a lottery outcome, not a typical return. EasyMining does not publish the hashrate or the runtime of the Gold 50 pack in that post, so there is no honest way to treat the result as expected profit.

For people who already hash SHA-256, the useful part is the other side of the same market: EasyMining buyers are renting capacity that miners and hosts can sell. A rare solo win does not change the network subsidy or the fee flow, and it is not a reason to point a farm at a packaged product instead of a regular pool payout.