<p>No. The hardware would be ineffective, as it is designed to only calculate sha256. Try a different sha256 coin and convert it to Litecoin.</p>

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2019-02-12T16:31:53.963Z
2019-02-12T16:31:53.963Z
c0mraide
<p>Nope, ASIC implies a physically designed chip only meant for doing 1 thing. And bitcoin ASICs are only capable of SHA hashing while litecoin demands scrypt hashing.</p>

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2014-01-22T05:17:13.163Z
2014-01-22T05:17:13.163Z
John T
<p>My friend and I have been discussing trying to mine Bitcoins or an altcoin. We've come to the conclusion that at the current difficulty one gigahash per second Litecoin mining will net ~$5 USD a day. Now, there are some low-end Bitcoin ASICs out there (such as ASICMiner Block Erupters which get 333 MH/s) that would literally take years with the current Bitcoin difficulty to regain the cost of the machine mining Bitcoin. Would it be possible to configure an ASIC of this type to mine <em>Litecoin</em>? Would the hardware be capable of supporting that?</p>

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Would it be possible to convert low-end ASICs designed for mining Bitcoin into Litecoin mining rigs?
Nathan2055
# Would it be possible to convert low-end ASICs designed for mining Bitcoin into Litecoin mining rigs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-22)

My friend and I have been discussing trying to mine Bitcoins or an altcoin. We've come to the conclusion that at the current difficulty one gigahash per second Litecoin mining will net ~$5 USD a day. Now, there are some low-end Bitcoin ASICs out there (such as ASICMiner Block Erupters which get 333 MH/s) that would literally take years with the current Bitcoin difficulty to regain the cost of the machine mining Bitcoin. Would it be possible to configure an ASIC of this type to mine *Litecoin*? Would the hardware be capable of supporting that?

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


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-22. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Nope, ASIC implies a physically designed chip only meant for doing 1 thing. And bitcoin ASICs are only capable of SHA hashing while litecoin demands scrypt hashing.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-12. Score: 1

No. The hardware would be ineffective, as it is designed to only calculate sha256. Try a different sha256 coin and convert it to Litecoin.


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