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Old 1/11/14, 11:47 PM
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I'm totally lost. As usual.
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Originally Posted by Scothew

You happen to be good friends with one you noob.


Never heard of this bit coin mining stuff, then again haven't really cared much for it.
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Originally Posted by Scothew
What exactly is it mining? I've not looked into any if this and wondering if my i7 and Radeon 6750 could make some money lol
In Litecoin it would probably do about 2-3 times what i'm doing with just my i7 2600K

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This. I've been following bitcoin for a while, but didn't know you could "mine" it??
Originally Posted by stupidgenius36
"Solving algorithms". Which becomes increasingly difficult as more bitcoin are mined. It's already well past the point of any regular pc being able to solve anything.

I don't know much about litecoin. It sounds very similar, but it may be different.
It is similar, that's why i'm looking into it since it's still CPU and GPU based, plus no hardware available to do it yet. Lower value right now too. Litecoin can also be converted to Bitcoins but the exchange rate may not be worth it right now.

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What do you have to Invest?
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Dedicated machines sell for several thousand each.
There are a couple of machines that are in the $400-$500 range but are sold out. The machines that sell for thousands may still be available. The more expensive the machine, the more hashes it processes, thus more coins!

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I've looked into it

It's very intriguing and interesting

But I'm not a computer geek

I did notice that there's ways to go into it more or less as a group or pool
Pools are supposed to be the best way to go. Hundreds or thousands of people sharing the processing. The coins that found is shared by everyone and split by the amount if work you did to find it.
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I've been running since maybe 3pm yesterday, so about 18 hours and i've earned just under a penny in Litecoin. So i've made about 23 cents in real money so far. At the 52.4 KH hashrate, it estimates I could earn .013 litecoins per day.

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Old 1/12/14, 08:04 AM
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Here is some of the Bitcoin mining hardware.

http://www.bitcoinx.com/bitcoin-mining-hardware/
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Originally Posted by denlem
In Litecoin it would probably do about 2-3 times what i'm doing with just my i7 2600K It is similar, that's why i'm looking into it since it's still CPU and GPU based, plus no hardware available to do it yet. Lower value right now too. Litecoin can also be converted to Bitcoins but the exchange rate may not be worth it right now. There are a couple of machines that are in the $400-$500 range but are sold out. The machines that sell for thousands may still be available. The more expensive the machine, the more hashes it processes, thus more coins! Pools are supposed to be the best way to go. Hundreds or thousands of people sharing the processing. The coins that found is shared by everyone and split by the amount if work you did to find it.
As I understand it there is a finite amount of bitcoin and as more bitcoins are earned by anyone the harder it becomes to earn the next one. Now it may be infinitesimally small the amount it gets more difficult.

I also understand this is intentional as computers gain more and more processing power each year the bitcoin becomes harder and harder to get in order to keep up with that advancement

Again it's very interesting

One thing that worries me is the volatility of the market value of a bitcoin

It used to be worth a few dollars then jumped to like $1600 I think and then fell back down to $600 in a short time.

Fiat money rises and falls too but for now the bitcoin is wildly speculative it seems
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Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
As I understand it there is a finite amount of bitcoin and as more bitcoins are earned by anyone the harder it becomes to earn the next one. Now it may be infinitesimally small the amount it gets more difficult.

I also understand this is intentional as computers gain more and more processing power each year the bitcoin becomes harder and harder to get in order to keep up with that advancement

Again it's very interesting

One thing that worries me is the volatility of the market value of a bitcoin

It used to be worth a few dollars then jumped to like $1600 I think and then fell back down to $600 in a short time.

Fiat money rises and falls too but for now the bitcoin is wildly speculative it seems

I've seen infinite amounts available, and i've seen a cap at 21 million for Bitcoin and something like 84 million for Litecoin. I need to look into that more.
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Been running 4 days straight now and i'm up to 0.04330921 Litecoin.
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Originally Posted by denlem
Been running 4 days straight now and i'm up to 0.04330921 Litecoin.
What setup?
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CPU.
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So Google sold the Motorola handset division to Lenovo. So much for assembled in America.
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Time to shake the dust off this old thread...it's finally time for me to upgrade my phone. Anyone here have a Galaxy S5?
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Nope. Still in love with my Droid Maxx.
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So many new phones coming, so little cash. Moto X+1? What could it be?
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Originally Posted by stupidgenius36
Time to shake the dust off this old thread...it's finally time for me to upgrade my phone. Anyone here have a Galaxy S5?
not yet
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Originally Posted by shurtual86
not yet
I think I'm gonna get one next week. I'm familiar with the galaxy line, and I like them. I might see if I can sneak a Gear 2 Neo past my gf as well...
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Have an upgrade coming in September. Waiting for the iPhone 6. If I'm not impressed I might jump to samsung. We'll see.
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Arin went windows phone this time Nokia Lumia Icon. truthfully, only picked it up because of the camera, and because I can still use most droid things on my Nexus7. So far, actually really digging the windows 8 tiles. Makes much more sense on my phone than it does on my parent's laptop
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I don't mind the tiles on my computer, but can see how they would make more sense on a phone or tablet.
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Originally Posted by future9er24
Arin went windows phone this time Nokia Lumia Icon. truthfully,
some how I knew that was the main reason you got that phone
Edit: whoops, deleted the part about the camara
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I don't mind the tiles on my computer, but can see how they would make more sense on a phone or tablet.
Yup, it's better, IMO, on a tablet phone.


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