Dogecoin Mining Guide 2026: How to Mine DOGE via Merged Mining

Dogecoin (DOGE) started in 2013 as a joke — and outlived most of the projects that laughed at it. In 2026 it remains one of the most traded cryptocurrencies in the world, and it is minable with an interesting twist: you don't mine Dogecoin alone. Since 2014, DOGE has been secured by merged mining with Litecoin, meaning every serious Dogecoin miner is automatically a Litecoin miner too. This guide explains how that works and how to set up.

AuxPoW: Why DOGE and LTC Are Mined Together

In its first year, Dogecoin's standalone Scrypt network was small enough that 51% attacks were a real concern. The fix, activated in September 2014, was auxiliary proof-of-work (AuxPoW): Dogecoin accepts Litecoin's Scrypt work as valid proof for its own blocks. Miners submit the same shares to both chains; the pool assembles valid blocks for each. The result:

• Dogecoin inherits the full security of Litecoin's industrial hashrate
• Miners earn both coins for one machine's power bill
• The two networks' mining economies are permanently intertwined

For a deeper dive into the mechanics, see our merge mining explainer.

Dogecoin's Unusual Emission: No Cap, No Halving

Unlike Bitcoin and Litecoin, Dogecoin has no supply cap and no halvings. Every 1-minute block pays a flat 10,000 DOGE, roughly 14.4 million DOGE per day, forever. In percentage terms inflation falls every year (the fixed issuance becomes a smaller share of a growing supply — about 3.5% annually in 2026 and declining), but miners enjoy something Bitcoin miners don't: a reward schedule that never gets cut. Revenue risk in DOGE mining is almost entirely price risk, not protocol risk.

Hardware: Same Machines as Litecoin

Because DOGE mining is Scrypt mining, the hardware list is identical to Litecoin's:

• Antminer L9 — 16 GH/s at 3,360 W. The 2026 reference unit.
• Antminer L7 — 9.5 GH/s; older generation, abundant used supply, needs cheaper power.

Check current secondhand pricing carefully: meme-coin price rallies regularly cause Scrypt ASIC prices to spike within days.

Step-by-Step: Mining DOGE

Step 1 — Create a Dogecoin Wallet (and a Litecoin One)

Pools pay DOGE and LTC separately. Use a hardware wallet (Ledger, Trezor — both support DOGE and LTC), Dogecoin Core, or exchange deposit addresses if you sell immediately.

Step 2 — Pick a Merged-Mining Pool

ViaBTC, F2Pool, Antpool, and litecoinpool.org all pay both coins automatically. Compare fees and minimum payouts on our Dogecoin pools page.

Step 3 — Point the ASIC at the Pool

• Pool URL: e.g. stratum+tcp://ltc.f2pool.com:8888 (yes — the LTC stratum; DOGE comes via AuxPoW)
• Worker: pool username with .rig1 suffix
• Password: x

Dogecoin Network Statistics (June 2026)

• Algorithm: Scrypt (AuxPoW, merged with Litecoin)
• Block time: 1 minute (~1,440 blocks/day)
• Block reward: 10,000 DOGE, fixed — no halvings
• Supply: uncapped (~14.4M new DOGE/day, ~3.5% annual inflation and falling)

Profitability

Model your setup in the live Dogecoin calculator and always read it side by side with the Litecoin calculator — your true revenue is the sum. Key things to stress-test:

• Price volatility — DOGE moves harder than almost any major coin in both directions; a margin that exists today can vanish in a week
• The 2027 LTC halving — the Litecoin half of your revenue gets cut ~August 2027; DOGE's fixed reward then becomes an even larger share of Scrypt mining income
• Electricity — at 3.3+ kW per unit, every cent per kWh matters; see electricity costs by country