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  • DEM – Deutsche eMark – a sha-256 altcoin

    Launched on 15-Oct-2013, DEM is first widely adopted “national branded” altcoin. Deutsche eMark is a sha-256 coin with PoW and PoS. Official website with DEM wallet downloads: http://www.deutsche-emark.org/ eMark can be mined with all ASIC hardware used for Bitcoin mining, especially by old first generation ASICs which are not suitable for BTC now due to…

  • [ASC] AsicCoin – The sha-256 coin for ASIC mining

    Launched on 11-Sep-2013, AsicCoin is a SHA-256 crypto-currency based on Bitcoin version 0.8, with super random blocks. It is a coin for designed for ASIC mining hardware. Official website with wallet downloads: http://asiccoin.biz Fair launch with no premine. This is an ideal coin for first generation ASIC hardware which can no longer manage mining Bitcoin due to…

  • NVC – NovaCoin

    NovaCoin was launched in February 2013 as first scrypt PoW + PoS coin. In short words NovaCoin combines scrypt hashing (as in Litecoin) with PoS mechanism (as in PPC). Official website with wallet downloads: http://novacoin.org Remember to use the latest Novacoin wallet version from the official website to avoid blockchain issues. Novacoin has no hard cap…

  • VPS solo mining guide for scrypt altcoins

    This is a short guide to solo mining various scrypt coins using cheap VPS servers from DigitalOcean. The example below is for ekrona, a new scrypt coin, but it can be easily modified to use with any other scrypt altcoin. Solo mining on VPS servers is effective only for scrypt coins with low diff factor.…

  • [KRN] Ekrona – a new scrypt coin – NO PREMINE

    eKrona is a scrypt coin dedicated for Nordic countries. This is a PoW scrypt altcoin with no premine and 3.3 minute blocks. Launch date: 10 January 2014 Official website: http://ekrona.org Source: https://github.com/ekrona/ekrona Low starting difficulty and 0 premine makes it a good start for CPU and GPU miners. Ekrona specifications: – 40 coins per block –…