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subego · Dec 20, 2013, 11:24 PM

I assume I'm not alone in really wanting Dogecoin to somehow become the leading cryptocurrency.

Shaddim · Dec 21, 2013, 03:09 AM

I'm mining doge on my servers and main PC, for the lolz.

subego · Dec 21, 2013, 03:53 AM

I'd be doing the same if fan noise didn't get on my nerves.

turtle777 · Dec 21, 2013, 10:36 AM

People are delusional. There is almost no barrier of entry for crypto currencies. It's easier to create new ones than printing money. Therefore, the value of most will eventually go to 0.

There is a legitimate use as a transaction currency, but right now, that purpose is overshadowed by speculation. Speculation and volatility will be the death of crypto currencies as a medium of payment and exchange.

-t

subego · Dec 21, 2013, 04:51 PM

Amaze!!!

subego · Dec 22, 2013, 07:15 PM

The current value of Dogecoin is $0.00107 per coin.

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starman · Dec 22, 2013, 11:58 PM

I started solo mining Dogecoin for the lulz.

1h, nothing so far.

Shaddim · Dec 23, 2013, 01:53 AM

If a person wants to be serious about CCs and mining them, the ones to check out are Peercoin and Litecoin, the former over the latter at this point.

I have ~420k Doges at this point, which is like... $130.

starman · Dec 23, 2013, 02:02 AM

How long did it take you to farm those and what app did you use?

subego · Dec 23, 2013, 01:45 PM

I assume the question is how many GPUs did he throw at it.

Shaddim · Dec 23, 2013, 04:14 PM

4x Radeon 290x, 3x Radeon 7970, and a 12-core Xeon Mac Pro, but the last is rather pathetic compared to the GPUs, accounting for <5% of coins. The GPU mining FAQ is here. I'm not sure, but it's very possible that I'm using more electricity than what I'm getting in coins, and it's slowed down by half since I started. Oh, also I've lost ~1% to "fleas", which are fragments that "hop off" during "digging" and wind up in other "kennels".

At this point I think I'm going to Litecoin or Peercoin, this was fun but it'll never be more than meme silliness, I'm afraid.

starman · Dec 23, 2013, 05:41 PM

such coin!

subego · Dec 23, 2013, 06:20 PM

Even though I'm sure the "fleas" are funneling right into the creator's kennel, that idea is so awesome, they deserve to get paid for it.

Shaddim · Dec 23, 2013, 06:22 PM

I don't mind them getting paid, but they should tell people.

subego · Dec 23, 2013, 06:27 PM

much crypto!

subego · Dec 26, 2013, 05:44 AM

Such hacking! Amaze!

Shaddim · Dec 26, 2013, 03:01 PM

Yeah, most people suck and the others are far too trusting. That's why I don't pool my VCs with others, they stay on my local machine, kilobit encrypted with a 20-something digit passcode.