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supermoto
post Jan 8 2014, 03:20 AM

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can do tutorial how to get started?
supermoto
post Jan 9 2014, 01:42 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 10:37 AM)
Nah https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=7722.0
This is the guide for mining litecoins which is the second most popular alternate coin after bitcoin (and can be mined using GPU). Litecoin can be mined using CPU but it's too slow and you can't compete with other users with big GPU farms. If you have at least a single HD7870 then you be okay with earning little profits.

If you only have CPUs to play with then go with CPU based cryptocurrency like Quark, Secondcoin, Primecoin etc
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is it the same step or way to mine bitcoin as well?

supermoto
post Jan 9 2014, 03:05 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:01 PM)
Yupp, but cgminer will have different parameters. Bitcoin is using SHA256 while Litecoin is using scrypt.

By the way you should be informed that people don't mine bitcoin using CPU & GPU anymore. You'll pay more for electricity than earning back the money on bitcoin, this is because that people are mining bitcoin using specialized hardware aka ASIC miners. ASIC miners can only mine bitcoin and do nothing else, it's very fast compared to CPU & GPU and very expensive too... A decent unit costs around RM15k and the amount of bitcoins you earn diminishes fast from the difficulty hike (too many people compete for bitcoins).

For average joe with CPU & GPU, go for scrypt based cryptocurrency like Litecoin, Dogecoin, etc. If CPU only go for CPU based cryptocurrency like Primecoin, Secondcoin and Quark. These coins can be exchanged to bitcoin anyways.
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how much per litecoin exchange to bitcoin?
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post Jan 9 2014, 03:11 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:10 PM)
around 0.0288 bitcoin per litecoin
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litecoin is easier to mine?

is there any future plan for litecoin? like able to purchase goods, necessity or cars?
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post Jan 9 2014, 03:15 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:14 PM)
Not sure, but it can easily to exchanged to bitcoin anyways...
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what are u using now?
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post Jan 9 2014, 03:21 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:19 PM)
Bitcoin for trading/buying stuffs. My second main coin is Dogecoin which I invest in, third I mine Primecoin on CPU (selling this for bitcoin then I buy Dogecoin using bitcoin). I sometimes trade dogecoin for steam games on reddit. I mine litecoin if there's some problem on dogecoin, for example the blockchain fork that happened few days ago.
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is blockchain fork is like bottle necking?
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post Jan 9 2014, 03:26 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:25 PM)
No, it means there are two separate ledgers(blockchain) running at the same time, one is the correct one and another is the wrong one. Usually the wrong one is running on the old version of the wallet. To fix the problem just install the new wallet and if you updated on the wrong blockchain, you simply delete the blockchain data on your computer and run the new version of wallet to redownload the correct blockchain.
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then can u get back your old amount ?
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post Jan 9 2014, 03:31 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:29 PM)
Yupp, as long as you keep the wallet.dat file or make a backup of the file. This is the private key used to access your coins in the blockchain.
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nice.

so far how much u earn in malaysian ringgit for lite coin and e currency?
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post Jan 9 2014, 03:33 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:33 PM)
little only, just started for few weeks. I got like around RM180 equivalent like that, but the value is not constant because the price of cryptocurrency always change just like stock market.
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nice. gonna get it later.

can exchange to RM via paypal? or
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post Jan 9 2014, 03:38 PM

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QUOTE(terradrive @ Jan 9 2014, 03:36 PM)
If you got US bank account, easy as pie. Just use coinbase and put the usd direct into the US bank account. Malaysia harder, can try use paypal but got case paypal rejects to transfer because got scamming case before (by people not the coins). Or you can try sell directly like cloudstrife07 lol
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i see. thanks for your input

 

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