ASIC Miner

[jodoidao]

Can I mine with a asic miner such as the butterfly labs or this one: http://www.amazon.com/BITMAIN-ANTMI...TF8&qid=1400948634&sr=1-1&keywords=asic+miner ?

 

[Lzeppelin]

No. You would need an X11 ASIC which do not exist at this time, ASIC's are algorithm specific only ones for sha-256 and scrypt have been developed thus far.

 

[jodoidao]

Cant I just change the algorithm from sha-256 to x11 ?

 

[Lzeppelin]

Cant I just change the algorithm from sha-256 to x11 ?

No, ASIC's don't work like that, ASIC is short for Application Specific Integrated Circuit the reason it's so fast is the hardware was purpose built for sha-256 it literally cannot do ANYTHING else. I mean yes there are some scrypt + sha-256 ones but those don't really "switch" anything they are just two ASIC's bundled into one unit.

 

[jodoidao]

Ohh i didnt know that. Thanks

 

[Skyzalimit]

No. You would need an X11 ASIC which do not exist at this time, ASIC's are algorithm specific only ones for sha-256 and scrypt have been developed thus far.

What about KNC miner litecoin miner .

 

[Skyzalimit]

Can I mine with Gridseed miners??

 

[zedomax]

Can I mine with Gridseed miners??

You cannot use any ASIC for X11, you will have to wait around 8-10 months. X11 is a new algorithm and current ASIC only do Scrypt so... you need graphic card rigs for darkcoins.

 

[glamorgoblin]

Or wait rbound 2 to 4 months for X11 FPGAs.