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Re:Dogecoin now accounts for more transactions than any othe... by rallison on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @03:09AM (#7062198)
Based on what I've read, it is meant to be a memory-hard coin, so I would assume GPU (and, if like previous coins, an AMD-based card), or possibly CPU to start. That said, I've not yet read enough, so take the above with a grain of salt.
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Re:Dogecoin now accounts for more transactions than any othe... by MiWDesktopHack on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @03:20AM (#7062228)
Its scrypt based proof of work function, its a litecoin alt-coin derivative. It offers little over other scrypt based alt-coins. A UK company has announced they will be selling scrypt ASIC miner appliances in 2014.

If this cryptocurrency survives, it will be uneconomical to mine by the commoners sometime this year.

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