With the current LTC difficulty (0.61881515), LTC price (0.015984) and 1 khash/sec, you can make $0.78 per month.
The average seems to be about 0.30 khash/sec or so, though, which would be $0.23 per month.
Unless you can get at least 1 khash/sec, this doesn't seem to be worth registering for.
Topic: How to mine CPU coins for free (Read 21470 times)
No, they don't count CPUs nor instances but HOURS. You have 750 hours per month. 1 instace 24/7 = 24*30 = 720 hours per month - it's free. 2 instances = 2 * 24*30 = 1440 - 750 = 690 hours to pay etc.
Here is a nice calculator for this:
http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html
And about a micro instance:
Here is a nice calculator for this:
http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html
And about a micro instance:
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Micro Instances - Instances of this family provide a small amount of consistent CPU resources and allow you to burst CPU capacity when additional cycles are available. They are well suited for lower throughput applications and web sites that consume significant compute cycles periodically. Micro Instance 613 MB of memory, up to 2 ECUs (for short periodic bursts), EBS storage only, 32-bit or 64-bit platform.
Free tier has 750 hours of EC2 running Linux/Unix Micro instance usage per month. So if you have one micro instance you can use it all month 24/7 for free.
Right, but do they not also have limits as to how many CPU cycles/processor time you can use in the free tier?
Free tier has 750 hours of EC2 running Linux/Unix Micro instance usage per month. So if you have one micro instance you can use it all month 24/7 for free.
And is it staying withing Amazon's limits for the free service? Or will you be billed?
I've been mining on the micro instance for a couple days now. I'm not getting much out of it. The speed fluctuates wildly.
What's your average speed and what currency are you mining? 
has anyone tried this?
how much did you get out?
and how much is the equivalent in BTC?
cheers
I've been mining on the micro instance for a couple days now. I'm not getting much out of it. The speed fluctuates wildly. how much did you get out?
and how much is the equivalent in BTC?
cheers
What do you need a Github acct for?
Posting in the mining speed wiki page
What do you need a Github acct for?
you do need a github account yep
Here is my cpu info for someone to add
1055t @ 3.7ghz/2.6ghz nb. 3.88 kh/s per core (23.3kh/s per cpu), tenebrix miner/cpuminer, k10 flags on gcc4.1.6. Os is ubuntu, power usage is 225w.
Here is my cpu info for someone to add
1055t @ 3.7ghz/2.6ghz nb. 3.88 kh/s per core (23.3kh/s per cpu), tenebrix miner/cpuminer, k10 flags on gcc4.1.6. Os is ubuntu, power usage is 225w.
You guys do understand that you only get so much processor time/power per month under that free account. After the limit is passed, you will start getting billed.
I indeed launched a so called "free" micro instance, and it seems to be to be billed in my account activity report... until I see the real bill at the end of the month, I'm not running this again. Luckily I had some issue with putty and the key so didn't actually run the instance for more than an hour. 
Calculations for the free EC2, assuming a generous speed of 1.5 khash/s:
Using http://allchains.info/calc.html tells me that you get 3.961 coins per day, or if you use 750 hours, 750*3.961/24 = 123.78125 LTC
At the current exchange rate (~0.01 BTC/LTC) that gives 1.237 BTC, or (3.25 USD/BTC) about 4 dollars. In total.
Obviously, if you get the more expensive EC2, even with 8 cores, it's not worth the money, as you get about 4/750 = 0.0053 dollar per core per hour. The LTC/difficulty ratio would need to increase ~5 times for this to be beneficial, assuming you actually get 8 cores at $0.216/hr.
Using http://allchains.info/calc.html tells me that you get 3.961 coins per day, or if you use 750 hours, 750*3.961/24 = 123.78125 LTC
At the current exchange rate (~0.01 BTC/LTC) that gives 1.237 BTC, or (3.25 USD/BTC) about 4 dollars. In total.
Obviously, if you get the more expensive EC2, even with 8 cores, it's not worth the money, as you get about 4/750 = 0.0053 dollar per core per hour. The LTC/difficulty ratio would need to increase ~5 times for this to be beneficial, assuming you actually get 8 cores at $0.216/hr.
has anyone tried this?
how much did you get out?
and how much is the equivalent in BTC?
cheers
how much did you get out?
and how much is the equivalent in BTC?
cheers
Updated wiki with mine 
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just added some of mine
Just made the page: https://github.com/coblee/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison
I think you need a github account to edit? I'm not sure. Try and see.
I think you need a github account to edit? I'm not sure. Try and see.
Yes you do, adding mine
Just made the page: https://github.com/coblee/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison
I think you need a github account to edit? I'm not sure. Try and see.
I think you need a github account to edit? I'm not sure. Try and see.
Damn damn double damn. Time to build a server at home with hexacores in it or something.
We need a wiki page for CPU hash rates on scrypt
100% agree with this. Maybe on Litecoin wiki if that exists etc. !?
Theres this: https://github.com/coblee/litecoin/wiki but thats nothing much
Damn damn double damn. Time to build a server at home with hexacores in it or something.
We need a wiki page for CPU hash rates on scrypt
100% agree with this. Maybe on Litecoin wiki if that exists etc. !?
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