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Topic: jalapeno litecoin mining? (Read 5047 times)

newbie
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April 08, 2013, 07:00:12 AM
#10
Man, even if it could mine ltc, BFL is just a shame of a company.

I agree.
newbie
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Merit: 0
April 08, 2013, 06:59:56 AM
#9
Man, even if it could mine ltc, BFL is just a shame of a company.

true
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
April 08, 2013, 05:53:41 AM
#8
Man, even if it could mine ltc, BFL is just a shame of a company.
member
Activity: 70
Merit: 10
April 08, 2013, 05:12:18 AM
#7
It is only for BTC, LTC uses different algo.
newbie
Activity: 58
Merit: 0
April 07, 2013, 09:02:17 PM
#6
Before you commit to BFL ASIC, better check all the posts in the forum on the BFL ASIC status. I should have gone with Avalon if I read all these before I placed my order.
newbie
Activity: 22
Merit: 0
April 07, 2013, 08:53:14 PM
#5
I was curious but I figured as much, thanks for the prompt replies.

This hobbyist has two jalapeno's on order so I'll join up with the slush pool and wait and see
jml
full member
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April 07, 2013, 08:47:58 PM
#4
Litecoin is only meant for GPU or CPU mining as there are memory requirements to mine a block. At the moment, litecoin is FPGA and ASIC resistant.
full member
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Merit: 102
April 07, 2013, 08:47:50 PM
#3
is it possible to use jalapeno's to mine litecoin or is that only for BTC?

Only BTC. I is an application specific integrated circuit, and the algorithm for BTC (SHA256) is hardcoded. LTC uses a different cryptography algorithm (scrypt) 
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
April 07, 2013, 08:47:17 PM
#2
The Scrypt Algorithm is inherently different from the SHA-256 algorithm.

Bitcoin is based on the SHA-256 algorithm.
Litecoin uses scrypt.

As ASIC's are specialized for one purpose. (In the jalapeno's case, SHA-256, it won't be able to mine Litecoin effectively.)

newbie
Activity: 22
Merit: 0
April 07, 2013, 08:44:35 PM
#1
is it possible to use jalapeno's to mine litecoin or is that only for BTC?
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