Dogecoin Network Hashrate
What is Dogecoin's hashrate?
Hashrate is the total number of Scrypt hash attempts pointed at Dogecoin each second, shown here in TH/s (terahashes per second, 10¹² hashes/s). The headline number above is a 24-hour average estimate. Dogecoin targets one block every 60 seconds with a fixed reward of 10,000 DOGE per block — no halvings, ever — so hashrate determines how the same fixed reward stream gets divided among miners.
The defining fact about this number: almost none of it is Dogecoin-only hardware. Since adopting auxiliary proof-of-work (AuxPoW) in 2014, Dogecoin is merge-mined with Litecoin — the same Scrypt rigs solve both chains at once, which is why Dogecoin's hashrate closely tracks Litecoin's hashrate.
How the estimate is calculated
Hashrate is never measured directly — it is inferred from difficulty and block arrival times, exactly as for Bitcoin and Litecoin but with Dogecoin's 60-second target.
24h_estimate ≈ average implied hashrate over the last day's blocks
· e.g. difficulty 20,000,000 implies ≈ 1,430 TH/s at exactly 60-second blocks
Difficulty × 2³² is the average number of hashes needed to find one block; dividing by the 60-second target gives the hashrate that would produce that pace. Dogecoin retargets every block using DigiShield (unlike Bitcoin's and Litecoin's 2,016-block epochs), so its difficulty responds to hashrate shifts within minutes. The "Implied hashrate" tile above applies this formula to the live difficulty — a useful cross-check on the 24-hour average.
A neat consequence of merged mining: when the same hashrate mines both chains, Dogecoin's difficulty settles at about 40% of Litecoin's — the 60 s vs 150 s block-target ratio.
Why it matters for miners
Every block pays a fixed 10,000 DOGE plus fees, so your expected share of that stream equals your hashrate divided by network hashrate. When network hashrate rises and yours doesn't, your DOGE earned per MH/s falls proportionally. For Scrypt miners, DOGE is usually the bonus layer on top of LTC revenue — the same hashes earn both — so the right way to evaluate a rig is combined LTC + DOGE revenue per MH/s.
FAQ
- Why does Dogecoin's hashrate track Litecoin's?
- Because of merged mining. Since 2014 Dogecoin accepts auxiliary proof-of-work (AuxPoW): the same Scrypt work that solves a Litecoin block can simultaneously solve a Dogecoin block. Most major Litecoin pools mine both chains, so almost all of Litecoin's Scrypt hashrate also secures Dogecoin and the two move together.
- What is merged mining (AuxPoW)?
- Merged mining lets one round of hashing secure two chains at once. The miner builds a Litecoin block that embeds a reference to a Dogecoin block; if the hash is good enough for Dogecoin's difficulty, the Dogecoin block is valid via AuxPoW — no extra electricity, and the miner collects both rewards. Full walkthrough: LTC–DOGE merged mining.
- Does more hashrate make Dogecoin more secure?
- Yes. Rewriting recent Dogecoin blocks would require out-mining the hashrate currently pointed at the chain, and through merged mining that is effectively most of Litecoin's Scrypt network. More hashrate raises the cost of a 51% double-spend attack; it does not change the safety of your own wallet keys.
- Where is the Dogecoin hashrate history chart?
- The public APIs this page uses expose only a live 24-hour hashrate estimate for Dogecoin, not a history series, and we do not fabricate charts. A historical chart built from BasinTwo's own Dogecoin full-node pipeline is coming. Until then, Litecoin's hashrate chart is the closest proxy because merged mining keeps the two chains' hashrates moving together.