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In support of my [CryptoNight] CPU mining guide & coins that will get you a return (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2891680.0) thread I've decided to create a thread where I will list all of the CryptoNight coins that have forked, type of algorithm they're currently on and if they are ASIC resistant or not.

I hope other people will find this helpful too as I know a lot of people in my CPU mining thread are interested in this.

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Coin Name |	ASIC resistant? |	Current Algorithm
MONERO	Yes	CN v7
ITALO	Yes	CN v7
STELLITE	Yes	CN v7
ELECTRONERO	Yes	CN v7
FONERO	Yes	CN v7
GRAFT	Yes	CN v7
ELYA	Yes	CN v7
INTENSE	Yes	CN v7
MONEROV	Yes	CN v7
BBS	Yes	CN v7
QRL	Yes	CN v7
TRITON	Yes	CN-LITE
IRIDIUM	Yes	CN-LITE
LOKI	Yes	CN-Heavy
OMBRE	Yes	CN-Heavy
SOLACE	Yes	CN-Heavy
HAVEN	Yes	CN-Heavy
SARONITE	Yes	CN-Heavy
RYO	Yes	CN-Heavy
BLOC	Yes	CN-Heavy
NBR	Yes	CN-Heavy
ALLOY	Yes	ALLOY-CN
TUBE	Yes	CN-LITE-BITTUBE
MASARI	Yes	CN-v7-FAST
AEON	Yes	CN-v7-LITE
BLUR	Yes	CN-Adaptive

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Feel free to bookmark this thread and propose new coins that should be added to the list.

any news on electroneum forking too?

Very good list, you should also include all the equihash algorithm coins resistant to ASIC's. As for example the Bitcoin Gold

theres a community fork which is named electronero. with 1:1 ratio for electroneum to electronero.

Also what about other coins like stellite or bittube?

May 30th.
https://electroneum.com/2018/04/25/blockchain-update/ (https://electroneum.com/2018/04/25/blockchain-update/)

ETN should fork soon, hopefully - May 30th.
I don't understand why they didn't fork yet, as the majority of ASIC miners have moved to it since Monero forked. See what this lack of action has did to ETN's price...

This thread will be dedicated to CryptoNight  as it is meant to also support my other CN CPU mining guide.

Thanks for the suggestions, I've added STELLITE & ELECTRONERO to the main post :)
I didn't find any news on BitTube forking, do you have a source for that?

Thanks for the heads up, will include it here as soon as it is confirmed.

ALLOY -                   Cryptonight Super Heavy
HAVEN PROTOCOL -  CN-Heavy

If I understood correctly XMO still in cryptonight classique

But XMR is in a new cryptonight mode which is not ASIC'able

What about BCN, XDN and AEON ?

Thanks

BCN and XDN didn't go Anti ASIC. Not sure about AEON, don't follow this coin.

Thanks for the suggestions! :)

I've added Heaven & Alloy on the main post of this thread. Alloy seems to have a custom algorithm called Alloy-Cryptonight. More details here: https://alloyproject.org/

As far as I know, BCN & XDN did not fork and aren't ASIC resistant.

AEON, on the other hand is ASIC reistant: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=641696.0 I've added it. :)

Aeon isn't ASIC resistant yet, they will fork June 1st (https://github.com/aeonix/aeon-rebase/commit/020337022c8ee93880bdd8f25b4ab976453ed19f)

I was basing my post on their announcement thread where they were saying that AEON is ASIC resistant.

In the comments from the git repository I see they are talking about adopting more changes from Monero but maybe it isn't related to the changes regarding ASIC resistance but something else.

Do you know anyone mining it with ASICs?

That part of the announcement wasn't changed since 2014 when people couldn't even think of an ASIC for CN

Difficulty and Hashrate charts for AEON clearly show that ASICs are in play ;)
https://chainradar.com/aeon/chart

Ok, I assumed the announcement thread was being updated constantly and that it was recently edited.

Yes, indeed there are some high spikes in difficulty and that could be related to ASICs. I have removed AEON from the list, will add it back when they fork and everything was successful.

AEON is asics friendly, it is written in one of the mining pool.
anyway, wait till electroneum fork 30th may and all asics will be on AEON.  ;D

if I have AEON, I sell it now.

Yeah, I agree it will ruing the coin even more than it is right now  :(

I don't get why these guys don't implement ASIC resistance as soon as it is known that people are mining it with ASICs. I mean that should be top priority unless you want the coin to drop in value considerably and also be vulnerable to a possible attack on the blockchain.

I've added in a new coin that has forked to implement ASIC resistance. It is called: FONERO (FNO) and it is a fork of Monero (XMR).

They're announced this in their announcement thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3109546.msg34310632#msg34310632

Do you have any other news on coins that may have forked?

GRAFT - ASIC resistant - CN-v7
SARONITE - ASIC resistant - CN-heavy
BITTUBE - ASIC resistant - CN-lite-bittube

SUMO forked back to ASIC-friendly and a fork coin name RYO remain CN-heavy

You have a neat list that is probably worth some merits (would give some if i had any left). Might i just make some little recommendations that could potentially make it even better?

• It would be useful if there was a link to the coin's website / ANN thread / or any sort of reference
• I know price is volatile and what you post today may be invalid tomorrow, but at first glance the price of a coin could be a good way to filter which coins to research first
• If no price, maybe a link to an exchange where it's available

I appreciate the kind words :)

I'm adding a reference to an official statement saying it is ASIC resistant when new coins are added in or when users propose new coins. No proposed coins are added to the list until they get double checked by me.

Price is not relevant to this list since it's not equal to profitability that may interest miners. As you said, it won't be possible to maintain something like this due to volatility.

I could add the link to CoinMarketCap where you can find the exchanges but still this is something anyone can do easily.

Thanks for the other guys who proposed new coins, I will review and add them to the list if eligible.

Yes, indeed GRAFT has forked to be ASIC resistant in April, added it to the list.
I found a reference to those news but I kind of had to dig for it a bit: https://www.graft.network/2018/04/17/graft-network-node-update-1-1-2-block-64445/

Added SARONITE too, they seem to be pro ANTI-ASIC and will continue to do so. Here's the official news about it: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4004235.0/

Also added in BIT TUBE. I remember when it was called IPBC coin, they were pro ANTI-ASIC at that time too. Here's the official news: https://twitter.com/BitTubeApp

Yes, you are correct, sadly, they reverted to classic CryptoNight. Here's the news about it: https://medium.com/sumokoin/back-to-classic-cryptonight-f58815b48573
SUMO removed from the list. Added RYO - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4413010.0

There are some coins should be added to your list, bro
ELYA - ASIC Resistant - CN-v7 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3118732.0
MASARI - ASIC Resistant - CN-v7 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2159114.0
INTENSE - ASIC Resistant - CN-v7 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2090765.0
AEON - ASIC Resistant - CN-Litev7 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=641696.0
BLOC - ASIC Resistant - CN-heavy - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4108831.0

ELYA seems to have forked at the end of May, added it to the main post in this thread. Here's the official news: https://github.com/elyacoin/elyacoinwallet/releases/tag/v.1.2.3

MASARI has indeed  forked but they're using a different algorith called CN-FAST, added to the list. Here's the official news: https://medium.com/@officialmasari/masari-launches-cn-fast-8d6a535a263f

Intense Coin has forked on April 18th to CN-v7, added to the list. Here's the news: https://github.com/valiant1x/intensecoin/releases/tag/v2.0.0

AEON has finally forked to be ASIC resistant, added back. Here's the news: https://github.com/aeonix/aeon/releases/tag/v0.12.0.0

BLOC is definitely ASIC resistant, on CN-heavy. Added to the list.

It would be nice if you guys could also post official news about the coins where they're saying they forked to be ASIC resistant.

Please add some coins, bro
MoneroV - XMV - ASIC Resistant - CN-v7 - This is a fork of XMR - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2947912.0
BBS - ASIC Resistant - CN-v7 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2861067.0
Niobio - NBR - ASIC Resistant - CN-heavy - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2912866.0

Yes, you are correct, MoneroV has forked on April 16th and switched to CryptoNight V7. Added to the list. Here's the link to that announcement: https://monerov.org/fork-date-approaching-updates/

BBS is a CryptoNight V7 coin as they state on their official ANN thread on BCT. Added to the list.

NBR is indeed ASIC resistant as state on their ANN thread on BCT & official website: https://niobiocash.org/en/. NBR is using the CryptoNight Heavy algorithm. Added to the list.

Curious/Confused ... If they have an ASIC that does CN-heavy and CN-lite ... and the coin has that algo ... How do they make it resistant then???  Or in fact they all moved to CN-v7?

What are the ASICs that can mine CryptoNight-Heavy/Lite coins? As far as I know there aren't any and that's the reason why they use this algorithm.

I have been on vacation for some time, do let me know if something else came up :)

I've added in another CryptoNight v7 coin called Quantum (QRL).

According yo their website: https://theqrl.org/faq/ it they will switch to POS soon.

Maybe add Blur? https://blur.cash/ - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4577361

Also. Have you seen this? https://forkmaps.com/#/forkMap .. Didn't realize how many there are.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add BLUR to the list :)


That's an interesting visualization of all of the forks, I didn't expect them to be that many too!
It's cool to see them like that and easy to follow which forked from where.