TRC dilutes the market and takes interest away from LTC, so yes, I do believe that TRC is a threat to LTC.

Things may change radically with ASIC but there is no ASIC around right now.

I must admit that your analogy above did tug at my robot heartstrings

I'd say Litecoin. I like PPCoin but I'd get more PPCoin by mining Litecoin to buy Bitcoin to buy PPCoin 

I've mined a few Terracoin just for fun but it seems to be a carbon copy of Bitcoin without really adding anything new other than changing some basic behaviour. Terracoin right now seems very susceptible to a 51% attack and may well not be round for long. Hopefully I'm wrong on this and Terracoin can weather a 51% attack in which case I'm interested.

Surely running a 51% is only testing the coins robustness. It is not stupid to test coins in this way but sensible in my opinion.

We are here because we are interested in alternative cryptocurrencies. We want them to evolve into something better than what is already available. We are all watching the Darwinian process of cryptocurrencies. Launching tests on coins like 51% helps weed out the weak coins. If a coin can survive a 51% attack then we can all be reassured by that fact. If it cannot then it was not meant to be.

I have 2.4Mh to contribute.

LTC and BTC mining are both done on GPUs now. The days of LTC CPU miners have gone. However there is nothing to stop you from using the GPU on BTC and the CPU on LTC. The problem is you're only going to see 10-20Kh running on LTC which is not going to be worth the energy spent.

Until a CPU only coin turns up choose either BTC or LTC.

Many thanks for the charts. Interesting to see that someone paid 0.001.

This is an odd request but not a hard one. Can you give the site a favicon please?

I would very much like to see you try the same with PPCoin. Kudos for knocking out BBQ, you've helped the Darwinian process of cryptocurrencies. At this point in time if a cryptocurrency can be taken down easily then that should be exposed as soon as possible. I think it is safe to assume that people have tried hitting PPC, I take some reassurance in PPC now as it is still up and running after what must have been its most susceptible period at birth.

All these attacks are in vain as more pools will just pop up anyway. DDOS makes the operator suffer more than anybody. Hopefully the futility of the operation will dawn on them soon and the attacks will stop.

Newb question but what is the limit on the addresses you can generate in the LTC client?

I imagine that it has to be a finite amount and whatever that amount is couldn't a client be compiled that was tasked with creating addresses automatically and as fast as it can.

Agreed. Though I also have Litecoin just in case

Not sure why Cubox got so upset. He took part in the Darwinian process of cryptographic currencies

I'd say OS X is for dummies. I work in ICT and constantly have to disinfect peoples Windows computers because they do not know what tools to use or how to use them. People end up locking up there PCs while trying to look for "Free Porn Download" and ignore results like RedTube. Macs do not have this problem generally except for the recent Flashback.

Personally I reckon it is time for Mac to be the target. With the help of the massive flock of iSheep pushing up the number of Macs out there it looks like this may soon come true. iSheep seem to think that Macs are impervious to visuses and till now that has been largely true. There is nothing I love more than telling a Mac user their computer is infected even though they tell me that it is impossible

Someone told me about Silk Road. It sounded good as it is only available on the Tor network and uses Bitcoins. I'm always interested to hear about new tech so an underground website using an experimental currency is right up my street.

I'm sure a lot of people got into Bitcoins because of Silk Road. It is the killer reason to get Bitcoins

I'd like to be whitelisted. The hours I've spent on this forum as a ghost, I'd like to be able to chime in occasionally. If I'd have known about the newbie system I would have started earlier.

I am a BTC and LTC miner. My LTC is waiting in the bank for ASIC to hit BTC which should turn all the GPU miners to LTC which will sky rocket in value, at least that's what the LTC cultists are hoping will happen.

How do you even see your total time online?

Going to go look in my profile now.

EDIT: Found it. Profile -> Show Stats

Right now I'm getting more Bitcoins from mining Litecoin and trading them on btc-e. When ASIC hits I'm guessing everyone will move to LTC as currently there does not seem to be any other viable altcoin.