Getting started

[jegfirefg4847]

Greetings all!  

 I'm new to the world of crypto-currencies but am looking to get started as soon as possible. The reason for my interest is due to the way I have been recently treated by the bank. I am in the process of losing everything because of a student overdraft account that spiraled out of control. I am now faced with debt, debt collectors, bailiffs and repossession of my home. The whole thing has literally ruined my life so if possible I would like to try to get through the rest of my years without having to use banks ever again. I never realised a 2k overdraft could end up this way.

I have been a little naive as to how much power banks really have and it's taken this personal issue to make me realise the corruption involved.

 Anyway, enough about me, I'd like some info on mining coins. Is it even profitable form a home pc anymore? If not, could you point me towards some newer digital currencies that may be more effective/profitable to mine?


Many thanks for reading and for any replies you may offer.

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[jegfirefg4847]

anybody?   

[cookmaster]

Quarks, are an interesting coin, I've read on average people are mining 5+ coins a day at the moment. They can be mined using pretty much any computers CPU

Plus there is talk over Bill Still being interviewed on Max Keiser, aired on the 19th Dec, which has the possibility to expand the initial distribution of the coin, which would only be good news for the coins growth!

[MicroGuy]

Anyway, enough about me, I'd like some info on mining coins. Is it even profitable form a home pc anymore? If not, could you point me towards some newer digital currencies that may be more effective/profitable to mine?

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[ajax3592]

can you elaborate on the configuration of your "home" pc.

[duravello]

Anyway, enough about me, I'd like some info on mining coins. Is it even profitable form a home pc anymore? If not, could you point me towards some newer digital currencies that may be more effective/profitable to mine?

If you have good ATI card you may mine profitably Scrypt coins. But electricity price must be taken in consideration as well

[ZeroT]

I am also just getting started and Scrypt is the way to start out if you are new with 'home pc' spec hardware.

I have an NVidia card which isn't bad with cudaminer but if you really want to mine big your going to want an ATI based card.

As a 'casual' miner I'm pretty happy with how my GTX670 is doing for now.

[jegfirefg4847]

Many thanks for the replies.

 I have tried to find out more about scrypt coins but seem to be struggling. Are there any guides for mining with a mac?

cheers

[Jacce]

Many thanks for the replies.

 I have tried to find out more about scrypt coins but seem to be struggling. Are there any guides for mining with a mac?

cheers

Macs generally have bad hardware compared to other computers, especially if it's a laptop since it in that case probably even have an integrated graphics card, which isn't good if you want to mine. Some macs seem to have ATI graphics card, which is a lot better for mining, but it still is weaker cards than you get for the same money if you buy another computer.