Bitcoin Forum

Being a Newbie, I though I'd make my first contribution to this site.  For starters, when I registered, I entered a password that was less than 8 letters long.  At first it didn't allow me to register due to my short password, so I typed a new password.  After I re-submitted my registration it displayed a message saying "you just registered 45 seconds ago!"  I assume that this restriction was meant for people who spam user creation.   But if I typed too short of a password, it'd be nice if I could register right after typing in a new password.  Anyways



I'm fairly new to bitcoin and this form technology.  As of now I have no idea how to mine... But with my research, I've noticed that BTC and LTC are not very profitable in terms of gathering fast
Coins.   I want to get started with PPC mining but I have no idea how to set up a rig or a fast computer that I can utilize the mining software on.   Does it take actual knowledge of computer programming or can anyone with the right funds and will power get started? 

Thanks for the help!


 :D

No need for programming knowledge whatsoever. The only thing it takes is to read guides / forums and not to be intimidated by the command line and the editing of config files in some cases.

As a newbie, it is probably best to forget mining and just either buy some bitcoin or alts.
Mining is laborious and almost always unprofitable for the masses.  A few CPU coins might be ok, but very slow, to mine, but with a normal computer GPU mining is a no go and Bitcoin impossible.

For 18$/LTC is quite profitable. For all i know people might start buying gpu's again if this price holds :P