here is a reference needed for my last email http://www.eweek.com/cloud/slideshows/bitcoin-has-company-on-cryptocurrency-stage.html :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > I think feather coin is a good thing to mine because there is a market > already set up for it. What do you think? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> holy moly! they want between 400 and 10000 dollars for ASIC stuff. I >> figured I'd try tethering a bunch of used computers together because that >> is what I can afford to do. >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Eric Cope wrote: >> >>> You will spend more money on electricity than any bitcoins you are able >>> to mine with anything other than custom ASICs. If you want to fiddle around >>> with a crypto-currency, I'd pick another one where mining on your personal >>> laptop (or freely available PCs). >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Sesso wrote: >>> >>>> I have a list of all of the types of coin that are out there and the >>>> complexity to mine. I'll try to remember to post it in here so that you can >>>> research the different types of coin. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> > On Mar 19, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Look into ASIC based bitcoin mining it's way way way faster than >>>> using standard computers to do the mining. >>>> > >>>> > That being said, I would wait a little while and see how bitcoin >>>> plays out. It's on rocky ground right now and you might find that you have >>>> purchased a bunch of hardware and burned a ton of electricity to mine a >>>> bitcoin that turns out to be worthless. >>>> > >>>> > Brian >>>> > >>>> >> On 03/19/2014 02:35 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >> what I'm thinking of doing is buying a bunch of used computers and >>>> >> turning them into a super-computer and using that for the bit-coin >>>> >> mining. What is super-computerizing called? >>>> >> >>>> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Michael Havens >>> >> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> how do I get involved with this? Any pointers... how-tos? >>>> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > --------------------------------------------------- >>>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >