In my previous post on I recommended MacMiner as my Bitcoin miner of choice. Like Bitcoin itself, the mining hardware and software space moves at the speed of light and shortly after I posted my mining piece I switched to a new OS X mining client called. Although the screenshots below show Bitcoin (BTC) mining, Asteroid is also a capable Litecoin (LTC) miner, which, as I, is a better choice if you're just getting into mining crypto-currencies. The is far too high to make any ROI mining with the GPU in your Mac and BTC mining requires dedicated hardware (ASIC) that's both and. The Asteroid Pool configuration which is pre-configured with settings for the 30 most popular Bitcoin and Litecoin pools Asteroid's general preferences allow you to (optionally) make a small donation to the developer, which I highly recommend to help fund development and keep Asteroid free.

Asteroid's Litecoin preferences allow you to adjust its thread-concurrency and work size. Asteroid uses crowd-sourced data to find the best settings for scrypt (Litecoin) on its internal cgminer mining engine. These settings are and can involve a lot of time to tweak. Asteroid will automatically check this database and if it finds settings that would get you better speeds for your GPU, it will let you know. One of Asteroid's best features is its integration. The MobileMiner apps (,, ) allow you to remotely monitor and control your Bitcoin, Litecoin, and other Cryptocoin mining rigs from your iPhone. Setup is simple and there are no firewall changes or port-forwarding required.

A $3.99 in-app purchase enables push and email notifications for when your rig goes offline and you can start, stop and restart your miners remotely. If you're interested in mining crypto-currencies on your Mac I recommend downloading and starting with Litecoin. Here's how you do it: • Download and install, then leave it running to download the blockchain • Encrypt your wallet and store printed copies of your private key in a safe location in your home, office and offsite backup locations. Do not store your private key on your computer. • Create an account at a. If you're in the U.S.

I recommend, a powerful stratum-powered Litecoin mining pool that pays out after only 20 confirms. • Enter your pool credentials in the Asteroid application and mine away. Don't forget to check the box for 'upload my settings' and to donate a few minutes of your mining time to the developer.

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Estimated Expected Cryptocurrency Earnings The estimated expected cryptocurrency earnings are based on a statistical calculation using the values entered and do not account for difficulty and exchange rate fluctuations, stale/reject/orphan rates, and a pool's efficiency. If you are mining using a pool, the estimated expected cryptocurrency earnings can vary greatly depending on the pool's efficiency, stale/reject/orphan rate, and fees. If you are mining solo, the estimated expected cryptocurrency earnings can vary greatly depending on your luck and stale/reject/orphan rate. Time Frame VIA Coins BTC (VIA/BTC at 0.00032529) USD (BTC at $8,609.10) Power Cost (in USD) Pool Fees (in USD) Profit (in USD) Hourly 0.00005634 0.00000002 $0.00 $0.10 $0.00 ($0.10) Daily 0.00135212 0.00000044 $0.00 $2.40 $0.00 ($2.40) Weekly 0.00946485 0.00000308 $0.03 $16.80 $0.00 ($16.77) Monthly 0. Minimum MonaCoin MONA Buy more. 04056365 0.00001319 $0.11 $72.00 $0.00 ($71.89) Annually 0.49352443 0.00016054 $1.38 $876.00 $0.00 ($874.62).

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