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BitHire (HIRE) POS Alternative Cryptocoin

6, Oct 2015

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Bithire (HIRE) is a global online market place for offering services and acquiring services. Bithire uses Bitcoin and the blockchain for providing a secure and decentralized payment solution. In addition, members can utilize our in-site currency HIRE token for micro-tipping, redeeming rewards, and more. Bithire will allow those with valuable skills to do work in exchange for Bitcoin and Hire Token! Whether it’s working as a virtual assistant, graphic designer, website designer, coding or even giving lessons, Bithire is the place to find the perfect person to hire. The website will be the first to offer completely blockchain based payments and furthermore, will make use of the HIRE token for tipping. In addition to tipping, HIRE token will be accepted on the site for paid advertising, as well as featuring your gig. You cannot mine Bithire tokens as they are only minted via PoS.

Website:
– http://www.bithire.me/

Block Explorer:
– https://chainz.cryptoid.info/hire/

Coin Specifications

  • PoS only cryptocurrency
  • Coin Supply: 42,000,000 HIRE
  • PoS Interest: 3% annual
  • Coinbase Maturity: 20
  • Min Stake Age: 2 Hours
  • Block Time : 60 seconds

Wallet:
– Windows

Source Code:
– at GitHub

Mining Pools:
No mining pools available, the coin is PoS only.

Coin Exchanges:
– C-Cex
– Yobit

Crypto Coins to Check Out for CPU Mining

1, Oct 2015

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Even though most people are either GPU mining or using specialized ASIC miners for most crypto coins, there are still some that are only CPU mineable or at least are worth CPU mining even if they do come with a GPU miner as well. Since we are getting questions what crypto coin to mine if you have some spare CPU power available, we have compiled a short list of coins that you might want to check out. Do note that with a single CPU you will most likely not earn much mining any CPU coin, but if you have multiple CPUs available along with free electricity the outcome might be better…

Crypto coins to check for CPU mining:
– Boolberry (BBR)
– Coin Magi (XMG)
– Cryptonite (XCN)
– DigitalNote (XDN)
– Monero (XMR)

The list is alphabetically ordered are there are a few other CPU coins available as well besides the ones listed above, many of these based on the CryptoNight algorithm used by XMR and some others as well, so if you are interested you can dig a bit more into the alternatives. Alternatively you can look for new coin launches that only come with CPU mining, these can be profitable to mine initially as well.

Ethereum is Getting More User Friendly with AlethOne

15, Sep 2015

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The C++ implementation of the Ethereum client (cpp-ethereum) is getting more user friendly with the new AlethOne GUI intended to simplify the mining process for users that are not into programming and hate to use console-based software. The AlethOne GUI is going to be a part of the eth client, though currently it is only available in a release candidate form and it will be interfacing with the eth client. The first time you run the GUI it will ask you for a password and will generate an Ethereum wallet address, then start synchronizing the blockchain. The good thing is that AlethOne presents the user with a simple interface and reports in an easy to read details about the functionality of the eth client in the backend such as the Ether balance you have or the blockchain synchronization status or even the hashrate when mining. As for the mining you get an easy option for solo mining or pool mining with a field to enter the pool URL to mine at and after you have mined some coins you have the option to easily initiate a transfer to another account.

So far the latest release candidate of AlethOne looks quite nice and works decently, though there are apparently some more things that need work before the final release is available. For example it seems that the mining is only working on the first GPU and if you have multiple video cards that you want to mine with there is no way to tell the miner to use them all form the GUI apparently. The Withdraw functionality also needs some more work in te form of any feedback returned in the AlethOne GUI regarding the execution of the transaction such as if it was successful or not etc. Regardless things are already looking good and the AlethOne GUI with some more improvement and fixes is definitely something that Ethereum needs in order to become easier to be used by not so advanced users – basic wallet and mining functionality in a streamlined desktop client.

– You can download and try the latest cpp-ethereum with AlethOne release candidate 2…


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