Tag: litecoin

Building mining rigs for fun and (perhaps) profit

Lots of talk about crypto-currencies at the moment, and while I’m not in the loop in any major way, I do know that if you’re trying to make sense of the latest flavour (Litecoin) you should head over to ‘friend of the parish’ Jason Evangelho’s article on Forbes: We’re still not even sure who created Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency to go mainstream. Its value is erratic, swinging dramatically up and down within weeks. We don’t know who will adopt or condemn it next, but one thing is certain: This new form of decentralized currency is resilient, and you can mine it, trade it,