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Litecoin (LTC) and other major Scrypt crypto currencies

8, Jan 2014

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Litecoin (LTC) is the second most popular peer-to-peer digital crypto currency released as an open source software project after Bitcoin has gained quite a lot of popularity. Similar to Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin generation and transfer is based on cryptographic proof-of-work scheme and is not managed by any central authority and is relaying on a P2P network consisting of the users that are mining the crypto currency. Litecoin is intended by its developers to improve upon Bitcoin, offering new improvements and relying on a different crypto algorithm that made it a popular alternative to Bitcoin. Litecoin was released in 2011 by Charles Lee, a former Google employee, who used the Bitcoin-Qt client as a basis, bud modified it in order for the Litecoin to have a decreased block generation time, increased maximum number of coins, different hashing algorithm, and a slightly modified GUI.

What made the Litecoin very popular and the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization at the moment is the fact that it was one of the earlier alternative crypto currencies that offered both differences and new things that set it apart from the competition. But the most important thing was the fact that it is a Scrypt based and not SHA-256, making it ASIC-proof or with other words not being able to mine LTCs with the already available Bitcoin ASIC miners. This brought back the GPUs as the primary mining solution for generating Litecoins, something that has been left in the past by Bitcoin, so you can say that Litecoin is following in the footsteps of Bitcoin. Another way to look at the to crypto currencies is if we compare the Bitcoin to Gold and the Litecoin as Silver.

Much like with Bitcoin, Litecoin also has a lot of alternative crypto currencies based around its basic code and concept, in fact LTC has much more alternatives that cannot be mined with Bitcoin ASIC. And the fact that Bitcoin ASIC miners are so powerful nowadays there is not much point in releasing SHA-256 based alternative crypt currency similar to Bitcoin, it is better to have it based around Litecoin and scrypt, though lately we are seeing announcements for upcoming Litecoin ASIC miners later that year already. Some of the more interesting and notable alternatives to Litecoin that are also Scrypt-based are: FeatherCoin, WorldCoin, DogeCoin, Lottocoin and many others appearing all the time, though a lot of these don’t get much attention from the users and die quickly.

The Future of Space Heaters – Antminer S9 DIY Build by Crypto Cloaks

16, Jan 2023

Crypto Cloaks has just released the 3D printable STL files for their custom Bitmain AntMiner S9 modification from a noisy ASIC miner to a silent space heater that mines Bitcoin while keeping you warm during the cold winter days. They have already made available their DIY guide to help you build your own AntMiner S9 space heater even without the need of a custom case, but with the case that you can print yourself if you have access to a 3D printer – things not only work well, but also look well with your new space heater. The PDF includes their pretty detailed experience and tests during the creation process making it easier for anyone with a helpful walkthrough of the data collected and what you need and how to make your noisy S9 ASIC miner into a silent space heater that still manages to pay for the part of the electricity it uses thanks to the mined BTC.

Even if you do not own or have easy access to a 3D printer (like a friend that can print it for you) you can still order the case to be 3D printed and have an old Bitmain AntMiner S9 ASIC miner turned into a silent space heater mining BTC for less than $400 USD including buying a used S9 if you don’t have one lying around unused already. If you do have an S9 and a 3D printer that you can use to 3D print all the required parts, then the cost is significantly reduced, so you will need to buy just the extra fans and Ethernet to WiFi adapter. So, why not get to doing yourself a space heater that mines Bitcoin now instead of buying a pre-built one such as Heatbit that will cost you more than twice what you would normally spend if you buy everything and built it yourself.

And something from us to think about, you can swap the AntMiner S9 with an AntMiner L3 Scrypt ASIC and similarly have it optimized for silent operation, it will be easier since it can consume less power for optimal power efficiency with a custom firmware installed on it or you can up the heating power and get extra performance. The thing is that thanks to merged mining LTC and DOGE the L3+ ASIC miner might be able to pay for more of the electricity it uses compared to what an S9 could at the moment. Scrypt ASIC miners haven’t outperformed the L3+ and what it can do with custom firmware unlike SHA256 ASIC miners that have been faster in development and the S9, although from the same period is not as profitable nowadays. So, you might want to experiment with an AntMiner L3+ instead of an AntMiner S9 as a base ASIC miner for your new space heater, especially if you have one lying around and unused already…

– Download the S9 Space Heater Box STL files and the PDF DIY guide from Crypto Cloacks’ File Factory

How Much Does a Goldshell Mini-DOGE Miner Earn a Day Currently

27, Nov 2022

The Goldshell Mini-DOGE ASIC miners for mining Scrypt-based crypto coins such as Litecoin (LTC) and DogeCoin (DOGE) are quite popular topic among the home miners with the recent spike in the price of both mentioned coins. The miner has the DOGE in its name, but you can mine any Scrypt-based crypto coin and there is actually no point in mining only DogeCoin with it as DOGE is merge-mined with Litecoin, so you are essentially mining Litecoin and DogeCoin together and not only one or the other. Of course, there are quite a few other crypto coins out there that use the Scrypt algorithm, it has been one of the earliest alternatives to Bitcoin’s SHA-256 algorithm, though probably mining for LTC and DOGE is the most popular way these are being used.

It is interesting to note that the Goldshell Mini-DOGE Miner is no longer available for sale by Goldshell as it has been replaced by a slightly faster in terms of hashrate and better in terms of power usage Pro version (205 MH/s at 220 Watts or about 1.1 Watt per Megahash), however you can easily find the non-pro version on the second-hand miner market. And you will be surprised to see that these small home miners do not come very cheap, even though they are not that profitable at the moment. And if you are buying one, just make sure you get the WiFi version as it makes it much easier for home use as there is also a non-WiFi equipped earlier model apparently. If you manage to get a good deal on a Mini-DOGE Pro miner (they come with black cases, so they are easy to differentiate) you better go for that one, though it is not that much of a difference to justify a big price difference.

The official specifications of these small miners are 185 MH/s Scrypt mining hashrate and 233 Watts of power usage, or with other words about 1.26 Watts per Megahash as power efficiency. Just as a reference the quite old already and still quite popular Bitmain L3 Scrypt ASIC miner offers around 1.6W per Megahash and can be optimized to work with around 1.3 Watts per Megahash which is very similar to the Mini-DOGE. So, if you are looking at buying a Goldshell Mini-DOGE you might also check out the options for a Bitmain AntMiner L3 with a custom firmware, it might come cheaper with higher hashrate, but also a bit bulkier and noisier and no WiFi option on that one.

But let us get back to the main question and it is how much do these Goldshell Mini-DOGE Scrypt ASIC miners able to currently mine in terms of LTC and DOGE coins doing merged mining. We did a quick test using the F2Pool as one of the large Litecoin mining pools that does support merged mining with DogeCoin and you can see the actual results for the last 7 full days. Do note that there is a slight increase and then a slight drop in the number of mined coins as there has been a difficulty adjustment on two occasions during the test period. The first one on 21st of November with 1.4% drop and the second one on 24th of November with 5.3% increase.

So, the amount mined Litecoin coins is around 0.0023-0.0024 LTC per day with is roughly around $0.17 USD at the current exchange rate. This is not much really considering that the miner uses around 5.6 kW of power per day and depending on your electricity cost this may be enough to just cover roughly maybe 1/5 of the electricity bill. But wait, there is also the DogeCoin that you mine with it at the same time and you get around 3-4 DOGE per day with it. That is another 30-40 US cents per day with the current exchange rate of the coin. Essentially at the moment you will be kind of covering the electricity used by the miner, depending on where you live, with what you are able to mine with the Mini-DOGE miner.

While the Goldshell Mini-DOGE Scrypt ASIC miners may not be very profitable at the moment, don’t forget that we are in a bear market at the moment and pretty much everything is down in terms of price in the crypto world and there is not much profitability regardless of what you mine. So, mining and keeping the mined coins is the wiser idea the moment, waiting for the bull run cycle to start and the prices to go up and, in the meantime, you can just pick a couple of Mini-DOGE miners if you manage to score a good deal on the price and use them as space heaters during the cold winter days. They are quite compact and operate pretty silent and thanks to the WiFi module you can place them easily in different places around your home. A single device with its 233 Watts of power usage won’t be able to heat up much space that well, but a few of these devices might do the job better. We are soon going to be sharing a more detailed review of the Mini-DOGE ASIC miner here on the blog, so stay tuned if you are interested in learning more about the device.


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