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Topic: coinchoose.com and PPC (Read 659 times)

legendary
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amarha
June 26, 2013, 03:36:58 PM
#10
Isn't any SHA256 altcoin pretty much useless now that asics are are out there?

Didn't PPC get attacked already anyway?

Nope. PPC has coped perfectly well with ASICs. It's difficulty algorithm adjusts pretty much continuously so ASICs jumping on and off the network don't cause spikes in difficulty.

That's good. I can imagine if profitability goes up over bitcoin maybe a few asics might give mining a shot.
legendary
Activity: 1205
Merit: 1010
June 26, 2013, 03:05:41 PM
#9
With recent chain stuck issue in CNC and 51% attack on FTC etc I don't know why folks still held onto the myth that only SHA-256 coins can be attacked by powerful miners and scrypt coins are somehow immune.

The issue with stuck chain has always been the difficulty adjustment algorithm, regardless of which hash function is used for mining. That's why I praise ONC's developer as he is competent enough to realize this and adopted PPC's difficulty adjustment.
legendary
Activity: 1205
Merit: 1010
June 26, 2013, 02:58:47 PM
#8
Recently there has been a high demand for PPC among miners, so the profitability rarely goes above 100%. It's typically around 90% these days.
legendary
Activity: 1344
Merit: 1001
June 26, 2013, 02:50:42 PM
#7
Isn't any SHA256 altcoin pretty much useless now that asics are are out there?

Didn't PPC get attacked already anyway?

Nope. PPC has coped perfectly well with ASICs. It's difficulty algorithm adjusts pretty much continuously so ASICs jumping on and off the network don't cause spikes in difficulty.
legendary
Activity: 826
Merit: 1002
amarha
June 26, 2013, 02:37:19 PM
#6
Isn't any SHA256 altcoin pretty much useless now that asics are are out there?

Didn't PPC get attacked already anyway?
hero member
Activity: 490
Merit: 500
June 25, 2013, 01:09:52 PM
#5
Dead coin?
I don't think so. There are still a sizable amount of people using it.

Likely the block explorer went down.  I will look into it.
global moderator
Activity: 3794
Merit: 2612
In a world of peaches, don't ask for apple sauce
June 24, 2013, 11:03:59 AM
#4
Dead coin?
I don't think so. There are still a sizable amount of people using it.
legendary
Activity: 826
Merit: 1002
amarha
June 24, 2013, 10:49:25 AM
#3
Dead coin?
global moderator
Activity: 3794
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In a world of peaches, don't ask for apple sauce
June 24, 2013, 08:59:44 AM
#2
No idea. Maybe not enough people interested?
hero member
Activity: 535
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June 24, 2013, 06:35:10 AM
#1
Does anyone know why PPC dropped from coinchoose?
http://coinchoose.com/index.php
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