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It is different from BTC - it's a fork of Litecoin, meaning it uses scrypt rather than SHA-256 and cannot be effectively mined using BTC-oriented ASICs. There
by James_Duval 13y ago
It is different from BTC - it's a fork of Litecoin, meaning it uses scrypt rather than SHA-256 and cannot be effectively mined using BTC-oriented ASICs.
There is already at least one scrypt-focussed ASIC, however. https://alpha-t.net/product/scrypt-asic-miner/ https://alpha-t.net/product/scrypt-asic-miner/