BitCoin "Difficulty" Explained

http://coin.furuknap.net/understanding-bitcoin-mining-difficulty/

Useful knowledge base

Found this when exploring around the web for good information.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=14.0

Crypto-Currency Compairisons

http://www.coinwarz.com/cryptocurrency

Great technical references for miner design

Found out that the blog showing information on bitcoin mining actually has a good amount of content.

It's a must see, http://www.asicbitcoinmining.info/p/gpu-mining.html?m=1

Litecoin

How will litecoin change the existing Bitcoin market?
It's hard to be sure, but a few questions must be answered first.


Will Litecoin stabilize, or destabilize the current Bitcoin economy?
Will Litecoin ultimately become infeasible to mine with standard computers?
How long will it be before a new currency emerges, and will it stick?

Only time will tell...

How to build a miner

Useful Bitcoin/Litecoin DIY Miner Rigs Tutorials:

http://www.cryptobadger.com/build-your-own-litecoin-mining-rig/ 

This guide makes use of consumer grade graphics cards for GPU computation.
What would be best is to see how we can optimize the design with custom FPGA chips.

http://www.asicbitcoinmining.info/2013/05/brilliant-guide-how-to-build.html?m=1

Here's a great guide on building a bitcoin/litecoin miner.

The guide uses graphics cards, where we would use custom fpga chips.

How a Bitcoin transaction works...

Bitcoin, and the dawn of asic/fpga custom 'rigs'

Bitcoin mining with custom hardware has existed for years, the consumer has never been able to actively invest in the digital currency through the use of rigs like these, until early in 2013.

More to come...