List of CPU Friendly AltCoins

[btc-mike]

Need to add populace to webpage and first post

Populace is a usual quark clone with no new features, but for some reason it has a great community in China, now leading the vote on Mintpal

oh never mind then. it is a pain to keep track of these quark clones that just rearrange the algos.

[btc-mike]

UPDATE
-Added Hirocoin to first post.

[mohammedfaiz143]

Sha1coin from  Japan .
Uses Sha-1 algo.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=487560.0

[btc-mike]

Sha1coin from  Japan .
Uses Sha-1 algo.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=487560.0

I checked out Sha1coin a while ago. It looked dead then and still does.

[surfer43]

Hirocoin claims to be GPU coin.... 

[btc-mike]

Hirocoin claims to be GPU coin.... 

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

[DStrange]

Please, add to the list

Bytecoin (BCN)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=512747.0
https://bytecoin.org/
Exchangers - not known

It's not bitcoin clone BTE, it's old cryptocurrency that was named bytecoin much earlier than BTE. And it's not based on BTC code at all.

[billotronic]

Hirocoin claims to be GPU coin.... 

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Is that based on hash delivered or hash vs electricity?

[btc-mike]

Hirocoin claims to be GPU coin.... 

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Is that based on hash delivered or hash vs electricity?

Hash delivered - X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs

electricity - i know x11 consumes less electricty when gpu mining. not sure if same is true for cpus.

[billotronic]

Hirocoin claims to be GPU coin.... 

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Is that based on hash delivered or hash vs electricity?

Hash delivered - X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs

electricity - i know x11 consumes less electricty when gpu mining. not sure if same is true for cpus.

hmmm interesting. Will take a closer look at that.

Thanks sir.

[btc-mike]

Please, add to the list

Bytecoin (BCN)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=512747.0
https://bytecoin.org/
Exchangers - not known

It's not bitcoin clone BTE, it's old cryptocurrency that was named bytecoin much earlier than BTE. And it's not based on BTC code at all.

I will add but this coin is very odd. It seems to be a members only thing and we were not invited.

[azguard]

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Will it be then faster to mine DARKCOIN on win8 cuz if much faster then win7.

[btc-mike]

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Will it be then faster to mine DARKCOIN on win8 cuz if much faster then win7.

i dont know. i only use win7

[azguard]

Quote from: azguard on Today at 06:40:54 AM
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Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Will it be then faster to mine DARKCOIN on win8 cuz if much faster then win7.

i dont know. i only use win7

OK. Thanx for quick answer. I will try this for weekend and see for my self

[btc-mike]

Quote from: azguard on Today at 06:40:54 AM
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Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Will it be then faster to mine DARKCOIN on win8 cuz if much faster then win7.

i dont know. i only use win7

OK. Thanx for quick answer. I will try this for weekend and see for my self

ask in drk thread. someone in there will know. my guess is that win8 will be a few percent higher or lower then win7.

[Rias]

Please, add to the list

Bytecoin (BCN)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=512747.0
https://bytecoin.org/
Exchangers - not known

It's not bitcoin clone BTE, it's old cryptocurrency that was named bytecoin much earlier than BTE. And it's not based on BTC code at all.

I will add but this coin is very odd. It seems to be a members only thing and we were not invited.

It's rather a philosophical question. They're not members-only according to their blog, so it's the informational asymmetry. Bitcoin was also not known for the 99.9% of its current users when it started, but you can always hop on the train.

[tromp]

Hirocoin claims to be GPU coin....  

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs.

All these 11 hash functions have efficient circuit implementation as a design criterion.
So they're all very ASIC friendly, just like SHA256.

If the GPU implementation doesn't have a huge advantage over CPUs,
it can only be due to lack of proper optimization.


This is all the "X11 whitepaper" has to say about X11:

Darkcoin  uses  a  new  chained  hashing  algorithm   approach,  with  many  new  scientific  hashing algorithms  for  the   proof­of­work.  X11  consists  of  blake,  bmw,  groestl,   jh,  keccak,  skein,  luffa, cubehash, shavite, simd, and echo. 
Because  it is more complicated than a SHA256 ASIC implementation,
the use of X11 will prevent the  use  of  ASIC miners for  the  short­-term  to midterm future. It will also allow for a longer period of mining for CPU/GPU users.
GPU   miners   that   mine  with  the X11  algorithm  are  currently  experiencing  reduced  power  usage (up to 50%) and reduced heat generation compared to scrypt.

[fernando]

Quote from: azguard on Today at 06:40:54 AM
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Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs. My CPUs are mining DRK right now.

Will it be then faster to mine DARKCOIN on win8 cuz if much faster then win7.

i dont know. i only use win7

OK. Thanx for quick answer. I will try this for weekend and see for my self

Please update when you do. I'm mining DRK using Ubuntu. If you find significant increases in performance I may play a bit to try something also.

[airlutely]

A good thread,thanks!

[btc-mike]

Hirocoin claims to be GPU coin....  

Hirocoin and Darkcoin use the X11 algorithm. X11 does not give GPUs a huge advantage over CPUs.

All these 11 hash functions have efficient circuit implementation as a design criterion.
So they're all very ASIC friendly, just like SHA256.

If the GPU implementation doesn't have a huge advantage over CPUs,
it can only be due to lack of proper optimization.


This is all the "X11 whitepaper" has to say about X11:

Darkcoin  uses  a  new  chained  hashing  algorithm   approach,  with  many  new  scientific  hashing algorithms  for  the   proof­of­work.  X11  consists  of  blake,  bmw,  groestl,   jh,  keccak,  skein,  luffa, cubehash, shavite, simd, and echo. 
Because  it is more complicated than a SHA256 ASIC implementation,
the use of X11 will prevent the  use  of  ASIC miners for  the  short­-term  to midterm future. It will also allow for a longer period of mining for CPU/GPU users.
GPU   miners   that   mine  with  the X11  algorithm  are  currently  experiencing  reduced  power  usage (up to 50%) and reduced heat generation compared to scrypt.

Is the GPU power savings (compared to other coins) also due to inefficient coding?