never mind.... I just looked at their 'market place'. I think that it probably is going nowhere. I mean if you can't buy food what good is it? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> >