Fortitude Mining Holdings has entered into a binding agreement with Bitmain to purchase 9,000 units of Antminer Z15 Pro at a price of $3,499 each. The total commitment for this equipment amounts to approximately $31.5 million. Deliveries will occur in two batches: 3,000 units in October 2026 and 6,000 units in November. This new equipment is expected to boost the company's hashing power by about 7.56 GSol/s on the Equihash algorithm for Zcash (ZEC) mining.
In the first half of the year, Fortitude mined 72,696 ZEC, accounting for around 28% of the total production of the coin.