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The Panda Coin [PANDA] – scrypt, 3% premine
Ticker: PANDA. This altcoin was launched on Valentines Day: 14th February 2014. This is a 3% premined Panda coin. Panda coin origin: according to Urban Legends “A group of rare Pandas will emerge from their bamboo-bases and congregate to perform…
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Elacoin [ELC] – Fair Elastic Scrypt PoW
Elacoin [ELC] was launched in May 2013 as a scrypt PoW with elastic block reward algorithm based on the difficulty and Moore’s Law. Elacoin official website: http://elacoin.org/ Download the latest Elacoin wallet from official website or compile it from github…
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Feathercoin [FTC]
Feathercoin is an Internet p2p currency based on Litecoin. It uses scrypt PoW hashing algorithm. It was launched in spring 2013. Official Feathercoin website: http://feathercoin.com/ Remember to download the latest client versions from official Feathercoin website. Feathercoin specifications: Block reward…
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Platinum Coin [PT] SHA-256
Platinum Coin (SHA-256) was launched in January 2014. Name origin: Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina, which is literally translated into…
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WorldCoin [WDC] – Coin Of The Future
WorldCoin [WDC] – “Separated by borders, unified by technology”. WorldCoin is a scrypt cryptocurrency launched in May 2013. It is a very fast fork of Litecoin – block time is set to be no more than 60 seconds. WorldCoin Fundation…
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Yacoin [YAC] – Your Alternative Currency
Yacoin was started on May 5, 2013 as “Yet Another Coin”. A couple of months later it was officialy renamed to “Your Alternative Currency”. YAC uses a modified version of scrypt algo – N factor scrypt, it is a hybrid…
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[MAX] MaxCoin mining on DigitalOcean VPS
This is a quick guide to mine MaxCoin [MAX] using virtual private servers provided by Digital Ocean. MaxCoin is a CPU coin with new algo (keccak). How to mine MaxCoin on VPS? Create a DigitalOcean account if you don’t have…
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[MED] MediterraneanCoin Mining Pool
MediterraneanCoin [MED] is a new hybrid altcoin. It uses HybridScryptHAsh256 PoW, which combines ASIC features and high CPU load. Since today you can mine MediterraneanCoin not only solo, but also using a pool. First MediterraneanCoin mining pool: http://ibipot.com To mine MED coin you…
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VPS Mining Guide for CPU Altcoins
You can use cheap VPS services (EC2 or DigitalOcean) to mine CPU only altcoins. Here is a quick step-by-step guide how to mine those coins. This example is for DarkCoin [DRK] and DigitalOcean VPS servers. Create a DigitalOcean account. You…
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[DRK] DarkCoin – CPU Anonymous Coin
Darkcoin [DRK] was launched on 18-Jan-2014 as “XCoin”. It is a CPU only coin with hybrid hashing algorithm using 11 rounds of scientific hashing functions (blake, bmw, groestl, jh, keccak, skein, luffa, cubehash, shavite, simd, echo). Darkcoin wallet downloads Linux wallet – https://github.com/evan82/darkcoin…
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Termcoin – a bitcoin and altcoin terminal wallet for Linux
Here is a quick setup guide for having a beautiful text only terminal wallet for any cryptocurrency on Linux. The following example is for Ekrona coin and Debian 7.0, but it can be easily adapted to any altcoin and any…
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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,…