<p>Nothing in the litecoin protocol changed, only a tool to mine litecoins using GPU was independently developed: <a href="http://wiki.solidcoin.info/wiki/Reaper" rel="nofollow">the Reaper</a> and caused difficulty to improve to make CPU mining much less efficient (compared to electricity price). Still, the rise of diffculty is not so dramatic as was the case for bitcoin and scrypt algorithm has proved its worth. CPUs can still mine 1-3 LTC/day at the moment.</p>

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2013-03-10T02:19:14.887Z
Is this still true?  I've been CPU mining for quite some time and haven't received any coins.
makerofthings7
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Yes I think so.  My AMD Phenon 965 can do about 22MH/s, which amounts to 2 coins a week.  http://www.litecoinpool.org/calc?hashrate=24&difficulty=78.30955148
Sameer Alibhai
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Juraj
<p>I've heard recently <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1858/what-are-the-differences-between-bitcoin-and-litecoin/1861#comment7134_1861">here</a> that Litecoin became more GPU-friendly. When did this happen, and what were the changes to the protocol to accommodate that change. Also, is there any reason for the change provided by the project developers?</p>

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When did Litecoin become "GPU-friendly"?
ThePiachu
# When did Litecoin become "GPU-friendly"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-09-30)

I've heard recently [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1858/what-are-the-differences-between-bitcoin-and-litecoin/1861#comment7134_1861) that Litecoin became more GPU-friendly. When did this happen, and what were the changes to the protocol to accommodate that change. Also, is there any reason for the change provided by the project developers?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-10-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Nothing in the litecoin protocol changed, only a tool to mine litecoins using GPU was independently developed: [the Reaper](http://wiki.solidcoin.info/wiki/Reaper) and caused difficulty to improve to make CPU mining much less efficient (compared to electricity price). Still, the rise of diffculty is not so dramatic as was the case for bitcoin and scrypt algorithm has proved its worth. CPUs can still mine 1-3 LTC/day at the moment.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Is this still true?  I've been CPU mining for quite some time and haven't received any coins.  
> **username_3**: Yes I think so.  My AMD Phenon 965 can do about 22MH/s, which amounts to 2 coins a week.  http://www.litecoinpool.org/calc?hashrate=24&difficulty=78.30955148  

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