With the inevitable arrival of Scrypt ASIC miners on the horizon we take a look at what this might mean for miners and the future of Scrypt mining. What are ASICs? An ASIC (Application-specific integrated circuit) Scrypt miner is exactly how the name describes it; a piece of hardware designed and built for the sole purpose of mining Scrypt-based cryptocurrencies. ...

Recently, I decided to buy some XRP as a way to learn more about the Ripple network and how it functions. Of course, the first question was, “what is the easiest way to purchase some XRP?” It turns out that it was a lot easier and faster than I imagined it would be. I made use of SnapSwap.us The method I chose ...

Each week here on Coin Joint we’ll try our best to bring you a list of the week’s altcoin releases, here’s what’s coming up over the next 7 days. Do any of them take your fancy? Coin Name Day Date Time Green Coin [ZRO] Tuesday March 18th 3:00am GMT Cable Coin [CAB] Wednesday March 19th 4:00pm GMT WOTcoin [WOT] Wednesday ...

If this is your first time hearing about Mintcoin, it’s the first coin to reward the holders of the coin large amounts of new coins simply by holding the coins they own in a wallet. This method of delivering new coins is called proof-of-stake or PoS, as opposed to the more common method of mining with proof-of-work (PoW).  Peercoin was ...

There is a lot of controversy surrounding Ripple. Some people believe that Ripple is simply a scam “altcoin” that was created by Ripple Labs out of thin air...

It’s no revelation that for a currency to be successful, there needs to be people who are willing to accept it as payment. More and more retailers are starting to accept Bitcoin — as well as many altcoins — but it’s still not unusual to hear people asking why a business should accept cryptocurrencies in their stores. Here’s three massive ...