Mine Litecoins instead. GPU based so all those ASIC miners out there cant use their kit to do Litecoins.
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Time to launch HardCoin - Abacus based factoring only - those rich barstewards with GPUs can go **** *********Originally posted by jimjamuk View PostMine Litecoins instead. GPU based so all those ASIC miners out there cant use their kit to do Litecoins.
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Yep, it's time for AtW to get in on the act..........Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAtW - could you use your vast computing network to generate bitcoins?
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No.Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAtW - could you use your vast computing network to generate bitcoins?Comment
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Uncanny. Hours earlier I was in a curry house in Jersey talking bitcoins. I rather inflamed those at the dinner table when I said the currency was due a 50% correction and all it would take is for China to say something derogatory.Originally posted by ctdctd View Post
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As someone else said, litecoin/altcoin mining is still profitable, i'm about to give it a go. (and the geek in me is looking forward to building a monster pc)
Wondering though - is there any reason you can't put the mining rig through on your Ltd?Comment
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The only safe mining is buying and collecting your own gold and silver.
When an investment item is in the news, it has past its peak.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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One of the biggest Bitcoin exchanges, MtGox, has folded its tents and crept silently away: BBC News - Top Bitcoin exchange MtGox goes offline
It was originally named "Magic the Gathering Online eXchange" and existed for some kind of trading to do with the game MtG
Those of you who enjoy a bit of schadenfreude should get over the the "How much have you lost?" thread on Reddit - some people are looking at virtual losses in the millions of dollars: Gox horror story thread - How much did you lose? : Bitcoin
But there's still some optimism among the website developers:

Fill yer boots!
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