Short answer: at today's ZEC price, network hashrate and our hosting rates, a Z15 Pro pays back well inside a year. Long answer: that can change, and you should know what moves it.
What changed after the 2024 halving
The miner reward fell to 1.25 ZEC per block. Less efficient hardware dropped off the network, which lowered difficulty for everyone who stayed. Then the ZEC price recovered, and the machines that survived became more profitable, not less.
Three things that decide payback
- ZEC price. Revenue is paid in ZEC. Every estimate on this site uses the live EUR price.
- Network hashrate. Rising price attracts machines. Our planner lets you assume 10%, 30% or 60% growth a year and see what survives.
- Electricity. The only cost you control. Hosted with us the tiered rate starts at €0.069/kWh plus €25 rack space; at a European home tariff of €0.25 most Equihash miners lose money.
What we would do
One machine: a Z15 Pro, hosted, ZEC payout. Ten or more: Z15 Pro in immersion in the UAE for hardware life, or racks in Norway for the lowest setup. Keep two months of hosting in reserve, and plan for the 2028 halving before you buy, not after.
Check today's payback in the compare table, then ask us whether the numbers hold for your quantity and country.
Put it into numbers
Today's payback for every Z15, with live ZEC price and our hosting rates.
Sources & further reading
Independent references we use ourselves. They open in a new tab.
- CoinGecko: ZECLive ZEC price used on this site, with history.
- Blockchair: Zcash explorerNetwork hashrate, difficulty and block data.
- Hashrate IndexMining-industry data: hashprice, ASIC prices, energy.
- WhatToMineIndependent profitability comparison across coins and hardware.