$DOGE ’s hashpower is borrowed. It uses Scrypt proof of work and has been merge-mined with $LTC since 2014 (AuxPoW): miners perform the computation once, and the same proof of work can be submitted to both chains. So before looking at its hashpower, you first have to ask, “Whose hashpower is it?”—it doesn’t need to amass the same number of machines itself, and it has no hashpower curve of its own. The rules for payouts are borrowed too: Binance Academy’s “Mining Pools Explained” divides mining pool payouts into three types—PPS, FPPS, and PPLNS—with a trade-off between payout stability and fees. The same article also notes that Stratum V2 lets miners choose their own block templates (https://www.binance.com/en/academy/articles/mining-pools-explained, retrieved 2026-11-08). #Dogecoin $DOGE
Not investment advice; for explanation of the mechanism only.