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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Mining (Altcoins) => Topic started by: thefatman82 on January 21, 2014, 03:17:37 PM



Title: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: thefatman82 on January 21, 2014, 03:17:37 PM
Does anyone else have an unhealthy altcoin addiction? lol.

I sit around and F5 the ANN page all afternoon.... And it's not like I am a power miner. I mine on my AMD FX 3.6ghz. So I get like 25khash/s.

But still I can't get enough mining...

Can something like http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic (http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic) be used for altcoins?


Title: Re: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: kelvinliong on January 21, 2014, 03:22:01 PM
Does anyone else have an unhealthy altcoin addiction? lol.

I sit around and F5 the ANN page all afternoon.... And it's not like I am a power miner. I mine on my AMD FX 3.6ghz. So I get like 25khash/s.

But still I can't get enough mining...

Can something like http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic (http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic) be used for altcoins?
LOL me too.
I always F5 in the pool page and see how many rewards I have got.


Title: Re: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: techguy on January 21, 2014, 03:54:45 PM
You guys can try - Mozilla Addons : Auto Reload (or) Reload Every , which will auto refresh the page for every N secs/mins :)


Title: Re: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: DrReaper on January 22, 2014, 02:40:25 AM
Yeah I like the altcoin also. I setup my computer at 430KH/s then my brothers machine at 3 MH/s and then we both got into trading on CEX.io (buy low sell high GH/s) this stuff is better than playing games.


Title: Re: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: kikeda on January 22, 2014, 02:58:06 AM
Does anyone else have an unhealthy altcoin addiction? lol.

I sit around and F5 the ANN page all afternoon.... And it's not like I am a power miner. I mine on my AMD FX 3.6ghz. So I get like 25khash/s.

But still I can't get enough mining...

Can something like http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic (http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic) be used for altcoins?

well everyone starts small, i wouldnt be surprised if you reached 50mhs in a couple of months. :) crypto is like the new gold rush, we're lucky we got in at the right time. :)


Title: Re: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: MickeNorsk on January 22, 2014, 03:16:52 AM
Does anyone else have an unhealthy altcoin addiction? lol.

I sit around and F5 the ANN page all afternoon.... And it's not like I am a power miner. I mine on my AMD FX 3.6ghz. So I get like 25khash/s.

But still I can't get enough mining...

Can something like http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic (http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic) be used for altcoins?

That stick can only be used for sha-256 algo coins.
Most alt coins are scrypt which is best mined with a gpu.

I'd recommend HD7950 or R9 290 to start with. They're pretty cheap for their performance.


Title: Re: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: thefatman82 on January 22, 2014, 03:57:38 AM
Does anyone else have an unhealthy altcoin addiction? lol.

I sit around and F5 the ANN page all afternoon.... And it's not like I am a power miner. I mine on my AMD FX 3.6ghz. So I get like 25khash/s.

But still I can't get enough mining...

Can something like http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic (http://www.amazon.com/Bitmain-Antminer-Block-Erupter-1-6Gh/dp/B00HIUIGDI/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390317369&sr=1-4&keywords=asic) be used for altcoins?

That stick can only be used for sha-256 algo coins.
Most alt coins are scrypt which is best mined with a gpu.

I'd recommend HD7950 or R9 290 to start with. They're pretty cheap for their performance.

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind!


Title: Re: Altcoin Addiction
Post by: anderl on January 22, 2014, 06:15:04 AM
I've invested over $100k in capital and over $20k in electrical costs to mining this part year.  I'm about to sink another $200k in my farm and expect to double my costs again.  Addicted?  Naaaaaaahh!