A: We'll provide config files for the wallet client upon release to allow anybody to CPU mine from day one but we wont provide a working client for you. There will be mining pools available from launch, too .....or not.
Q: I am on Windows... can I mine?
A: Yep ( you can try ), there will be a client for all major OS.
Q: So is it CPU only? Will I be able to use my Butterfly Labs ASIC when it arrives (... any day now...)?
A: Using Keccak as a hashing function renders current Bitcoin ASICs and the upcoming Scrypt ASICs useless on the coin. GPU parallelization of Keccak is possible but currently does