Dogecoin mining: merged mining with Litecoin earns €6.94 a day

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Today Dogecoin is mined almost exclusively through merged mining with Litecoin on Scrypt ASICs. We calculate what an Antminer L9 earns in Germany and at which electricity price mining pays off.Add as a preferred source on GoogleFollow on Google NewsIn 2026, Dogecoin mining in practice works only as merged mining with Litecoin on a specialised Scrypt miner. At network values of November 3, 2026, an Antminer L9 with 16 gigahash per second simultaneously mines around 90 Dogecoin and 0.02 Litecoin a day. Together that is worth €6.94. To do so, the device draws 80.6 kilowatt hours from the grid. It only makes a profit as long as a kilowatt hour costs less than 8.61 cents. On German household electricity, the miner loses a good €22 every day. If you simply want to own Dogecoin, you will therefore almost always get the coins more cheaply by buying them on a regulated crypto exchange with a MiCA licence. For one day's electricity costs you get around 440 DOGE there, almost five times as...