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August 31, 2013, 08:58:39 AM
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Hi,

I'm quite new to mining and I would like to understand if it will be possible to mine other cryptos with Knc miners?

The devices will have an embed version of cgminer and they will work like a router (standalone machines).

I may understand that scrypt cryptos and solo mining may not be possible for other cryptos but what about mining other SHA-256 cryptos through a pool (like PPC, TRC. etc.)? Will it be possible?

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August 31, 2013, 09:08:38 AM
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yes you will be able to mine other sha256 coins solo or pool
the specific application of these devices is sha256 so scrypt based coins wont work - correct Smiley

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August 31, 2013, 09:21:17 AM
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yes you will be able to mine other sha256 coins solo or pool
the specific application of these devices is sha256 so scrypt based coins wont work - correct Smiley

To solo mine also? But don't we need specific software installed for each crypto to solo mine them?

Or how it works exactly?

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August 31, 2013, 10:13:11 AM
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yes you will be able to mine other sha256 coins solo or pool
the specific application of these devices is sha256 so scrypt based coins wont work - correct Smiley

To solo mine also? But don't we need specific software installed for each crypto to solo mine them?

Or how it works exactly?

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there is an Alternate cryptocurrencies forum - might be more appropriate if you want to go deeper.
but basically to solomine you meed the *coind of your chosen chain some hardware and some mining software

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August 31, 2013, 10:19:24 AM
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yes you will be able to mine other sha256 coins solo or pool
the specific application of these devices is sha256 so scrypt based coins wont work - correct Smiley

To solo mine also? But don't we need specific software installed for each crypto to solo mine them?

Or how it works exactly?

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there is an Alternate cryptocurrencies forum - might be more appropriate if you want to go deeper.
but basically to solomine you meed the *coind of your chosen chain some hardware and some mining software

But to pool mine no software is needed am I right? only the cgminer and the rest is done by the pool, is it correct?
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August 31, 2013, 10:58:38 AM
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you still need somewhere for the pool to pay to, the same wallet you install on your computer is the "special software" required to solo mine

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August 31, 2013, 11:07:07 AM
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you still need somewhere for the pool to pay to, the same wallet you install on your computer is the "special software" required to solo mine

Yes I understand that but the wallet doesn't have to be installed in the same computer where the mining is taking place, it can be in another computer, am I right?
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August 31, 2013, 07:29:48 PM
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you still need somewhere for the pool to pay to, the same wallet you install on your computer is the "special software" required to solo mine

Yes I understand that but the wallet doesn't have to be installed in the same computer where the mining is taking place, it can be in another computer, am I right?

Correct. It's all rather easy to set up. My advise is to pick a coin and then ask the community around that coin for a tutorial, they'll be happy to help you.

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August 31, 2013, 07:31:39 PM
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you still need somewhere for the pool to pay to, the same wallet you install on your computer is the "special software" required to solo mine

Yes I understand that but the wallet doesn't have to be installed in the same computer where the mining is taking place, it can be in another computer, am I right?
That's fine. You'd just point it to the local IP address (example 192.168.1.2, or whatever it is), assuming firewall doesn't block the ports needed.
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August 31, 2013, 08:19:40 PM
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I was wondering this exact same thing considering I believe it would only work with a FPGA formatted asic?am I right.Wouldn't it be possible if they simply re-did the code to work with S crypt.

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August 31, 2013, 11:11:06 PM
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I was wondering this exact same thing considering I believe it would only work with a FPGA formatted asic?am I right.Wouldn't it be possible if they simply re-did the code to work with S crypt.

ASIC = Application Specific Integrated Circuit. An ASIC for sha256 is designed specifically for that algorithm. 

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