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A closer look at Litecoin mining: Is it worth doing ...

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The era of Bitcoin mining on the GPU is dead. A year ago, a single Radeon graphics card could crank out a reasonable fraction of a Bitcoin in a single day.

Today, that same GPU earns a thousandth of a Bitcoin in 24 hours, generating little value while consuming a substantial amount of power. The shift to ASICs for Bitcoin mining mirrors the shift from CPUs to GPUs, but the market...

Digital currency surges in value – and it’s not Bitcoin ...

As the value of Bitcoin balloons towards $1000, an alternative digital currency called Litecoin is experiencing a mini boom of its own.

Currently valued at just over $28 (£17), Litecoin has nearly doubled its value in the last 24 hours alone. Less than one month ago, one litecoin was worth just $2 (£1.20).

It is not the first digital currency to emerge from the shadow of Bitcoin. Coinmarketcap...

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