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Seriously? This idea was horrible back when Coinlab tried it in 2012 ( http://bitcoinmagazine.com/1086/bitcoin-mining-a-new-means-of-paying-for-video-games/ htt

Seriously? This idea was horrible back when Coinlab tried it in 2012 ( http://bitcoinmagazine.com/1086/bitcoin-mining-a-new-means-of-paying-for-video-games/ http://bitcoinmagazine.com/1086/bitcoin-mining-a-new-means-o... ) and it's even more horrible now. At the very least mine Litecoin or Primecoin.

possibilistic 13y ago
How do the various cryptocurrencies compare? There appear to be quite a few of them [1,2]. Are BTC, Litecoin, and Primecoin the best/most popular? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptocurrencies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptocurrencies [2] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_alternative_cryptocurrencies https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_alternative_cryptocurrenc...
- andrewla 13y ago
  http://coinmarketcap.com/ http://coinmarketcap.com/ has estimates of market capitalization based on exchanges for various cryptocurrencies. A reasonable proxy for popular in some cases.
  - dmix 13y ago
    Litecoin is #2 but when you click the bottom link "Looking for Ripple?", Ripple is #2. Ripple/Opencoin has 10x the market cap of Litecoin: http://coinmarketcap.com/ripple.html http://coinmarketcap.com/ripple.html But Ripple isn't a typical open source "crypto-currency". It's well financed and backed by big SF investors with the intention of making the founders/investors money, instead of miners, as the currency scales in price.
- meowface 13y ago
  Last I checked, Litecoin was the only alternative currency that's been gaining serious traction over time.
- Buge 13y ago
  The reason to mine Litecoin in this context is because the algorithm (scrypt) hasn't been taken over by ASICs yet. So CPUs have a smaller disadvantage.