Fortitude Mining is preparing to scale up its Zcash production in a major way, securing 9,000 Antminer Z15 Pro machines from Bitmain at a sharply discounted price of $3,499 each. The deal totals $31.5 million and marks a bold commitment as the company speeds toward a public debut.
The Antminer Z15 Pro, introduced by Bitmain in May 2026, delivers a hashrate of 840 KSol/s with energy efficiency of 3.31 J/KSol. Normally priced at $4,999 per unit, Fortitude negotiated $1,500 off every miner. For 9,000 machines, this means a total saving of $13.5 million compared to list prices. This hardware boost aims to significantly increase Fortitude’s mining capacity in the privacy-focused Zcash network.
Mining Economics and Cost Cuts
At the end of May 2026, Fortitude was mining an annualized 157,000 ZEC daily, generating approximately $168,000 to $183,000 in revenue based on ZEC prices between $460 and $500 that month. Fortitude’s new 12 MW facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, which went live in late July 2026, is expected to slash direct cash mining costs by about 43 percent from roughly $70 to $40 per ZEC. This cost efficiency could make the upcoming mining surge especially profitable.
Heading to Nasdaq and What Investors Should Watch
Fortitude plans to go public by merging with HeartSciences, a Nasdaq-listed medical device company, and trade under the ticker TUDE later this year. In only 18 months since launching, Fortitude grew from zero to a massive Zcash miner with its own infrastructure. Investors looking at TUDE’s debut should focus on the company’s share of total Zcash hashrate and its all-in sustaining costs to gauge its competitive position.
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