<p>No, you can't. And this has nothing to do with the operating system. Your hardware has a bitcoin ASIC chip made only for doing Sha-256 calculations. Litecoin uses the Scrypt algorithm. Sha-256 and Scrypt are not the same, so what you are suggesting is impossible.</p>

<p>You can mine other Sha-256 coins instead of Bitcoin.</p>

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2014-09-13T15:15:51.037Z
So, the miner can be still used to mine some other SHA-256 using coins? Do I need to do any software/hardware tweaks for this or will that work directly?
Karthik Malla
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2014-09-13T16:06:56.427Z
AFAIK you just have to enter a different command (different pool et cetera), no software changes needed.
Mathias711
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2014-09-13T15:13:13.527Z
2014-09-13T15:13:13.527Z
Dr.Haribo
<p>Nope. If you want to be a bit more profitable, you could try a different sha256 coin. Any coin using the sha256 algo can be mined with your miner. </p>

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c0mraide
<p>It is hardware bound. The above answer is correct. Another option is to rent out your hash-power and receive other cryptocoins.</p>

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bit-it
<p>I have 90Gh/s Bitcoin Miner and its almost useless for Bitcoin Mining with current difficulty. By changing the Linux software installed in it can I convert this Bitcoin Miner to Litecoin Miner? I am capable on uninstalling/flashing the current operating system and re-install a new one but I am wondering is it just software that decides to mine only Bitcoin or hardware too supports only Bitcoin Mining?</p>

<p>If not possible with Litecoin Miner can I use this miner for mining any other crypto-currency?</p>

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2014-09-13T11:30:01.857Z
possibly duplicate of http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/19760/12983
amaclin
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2014-09-13T12:07:34.513Z
@amaclin - Not complete answer, but slightly similar.
Karthik Malla
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Is it possible to convert Bitcoin Miner to Litecoin Miner?
Karthik Malla
# Is it possible to convert Bitcoin Miner to Litecoin Miner?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-13)

I have 90Gh/s Bitcoin Miner and its almost useless for Bitcoin Mining with current difficulty. By changing the Linux software installed in it can I convert this Bitcoin Miner to Litecoin Miner? I am capable on uninstalling/flashing the current operating system and re-install a new one but I am wondering is it just software that decides to mine only Bitcoin or hardware too supports only Bitcoin Mining?

If not possible with Litecoin Miner can I use this miner for mining any other crypto-currency?

**Tags:** hash, asic, mining-hardware

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: possibly duplicate of http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/19760/12983  
> **username_0**: @username_1 - Not complete answer, but slightly similar.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-09-13. Score: 7

No, you can't. And this has nothing to do with the operating system. Your hardware has a bitcoin ASIC chip made only for doing Sha-256 calculations. Litecoin uses the Scrypt algorithm. Sha-256 and Scrypt are not the same, so what you are suggesting is impossible.

You can mine other Sha-256 coins instead of Bitcoin.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So, the miner can be still used to mine some other SHA-256 using coins? Do I need to do any software/hardware tweaks for this or will that work directly?  
> **username_3**: AFAIK you just have to enter a different command (different pool et cetera), no software changes needed.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2019-02-12. Score: 0

Nope. If you want to be a bit more profitable, you could try a different sha256 coin. Any coin using the sha256 algo can be mined with your miner.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-11-17. Score: -1

It is hardware bound. The above answer is correct. Another option is to rent out your hash-power and receive other cryptocoins.


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