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Questions about using CPUs for mining.

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In the ASIC-age, is it worth starting mining Bitcoin at home?

I have recently learned about Bitcoin and would like to get rich quickly into mining. I have control of a laptop library full of ancient computers powerful gaming PC cluster of GPUs an old ASIC, I got for three times its worth off eBay a cluster…
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Is CPU mining even worth it?

I would like to start mining, but my GPU isn't the greatest and I don't really want to spend the money on a dedicated rig. Is mining from my CPU (in a Linux environment) still worth it? Or will I not be able to keep up?
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How can I start mining Bitcoin?

Ok. I don't care if I make only a small amount of bitcoins mining. I want to mine. How do I setup my machine (amd x64 4.6Ghz 6GB/RAM with GeForce Nvidia 7300, LinuxMint 10) to start mining? Is it damn simple, or it's a damn-high-geek-setup? Can I…
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How useful is a JavaScript miner?

I don't have a great understanding of how bitcoin mining works, but how useful would a JavaScript miner be for collecting revenue from visitors? Stupid question, but if I put the user in as part of a mining pool, must their computer actually find a…
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Will mining significantly increase the power consumption of my PC?

I have a PC that is always on 24/7. I use it as an SSH and backup server, and it has a modest, not-too-great GPU that sits idle most of the time. I hear a lot of talk about mining not being cost-effective for most people because electricity isn't…
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Can casual people still mine for bitcoins, now that the difficulty is much higher than it was?

Can casual people still mine for bitcoins? As of October 2012, the difficulty seems very high, being over 3,000,000. I've seen a ad for bitcoins, and watched the video. It said I could mine for them with my computer, so can I?
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How to code the Simplest BitCoin CPU Miner?

How would I go about making the simplest form of a CPU bitcoin miner? I have not been able to find documentation on the whole process...
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What is the status on webminers?

Are there any ongoing projects trying to develop a widely accessible WebCL-powered mining software? I've heard of two in the past, but their websites don't seem to be working any more.
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Can you mine more bitcoins on amazon aws than it would cost to operate the servers?

Read title. Creating a soft of self sustainability if you will. It might not be possible?
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How can I stop websites running an integrated Bitcoin miner without disabling javascript altogether?

"Bitcoin Plus" is one example of a javascript bitcoin mining client that can CPU mine bitcoins through a browser when viewing a website. Here is a screenshot from 4bitcoins dot com which automatically starts the miner when you load the page: It…
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Is this thing on? (How to tell if my cpuminer is working?)

I have pretty much no idea what I'm doing. But I've had cpuminer running on my laptop for a half hour or so, just playing around. I know it's not near worth the time or electricity, I'm just having some fun. I'm using Slush's pool, and ran the…
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Fastest CPU Miner

I have a Windows Server with 20 cores at 2.10 Ghz (AMD Opteron 4171 HE). I am currently using Ufasoft CPU miner and getting about 35 Mhash/s. I want to know what is the fastest CPU miner that I can use.
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CPU Mining with a large EC2 cluster - worth the effort?

I'm relatively new to Bitcoin, and am playing around with pool mining for fun. I have access to a fair amount of EC2 instances - c1.mediums - between 30 and 50 on a given day. I already have the 'minerd' CPU miner working on a single instance,…
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Can I do mining with a normal PC?

Can I do mining with a normal PC in my house? I will setup Linux (Ubuntu) for mining. It will be open 24/7. I don't have too many expectations. Maybe 0.1 in one week?
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Is it worth mining Litecoins?

Is it worth mining Litecoins and then exchange them for Bitcoins (because I am not sure if there will be space for more crypto currencies in the future)? I can get about 25k hash/sec by CPU mining on my laptop, so this turns in something about 0.1…
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