Intro

What is Dogecoin?

Dogecoins are a crypto-currency, ultimately derived from Bitcoins. Similar to other crypto-currencies, Dogecoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate without a central authority and is open source. The latest revisions of the Dogecoin source code can be found on the Dogecoin Github page.

If you are unfamiliar with Doges, you should check out This Page (Wow, such meme).

Technical specifications

• Algorithm utilized: Scrypt
• Max Coins: 100,000,000,000 DOGE
• Block Time: 60 Seconds
• Difficulty Retarget Time: 4 hours
• Premine: None

Getting a Dogecoin wallet

To get started with Dogecoin, you should download the Dogecoin-QT wallet from the official bitcointalk Forum Post. Once the download has completed, just run the dogecoin-qt executable and allow it to synchronize with the Dogecoin network.

"Digging" (a.k.a Mining) Dogecoins

Pooled Digging

Step 1 - Create an account with a Dogecoin Pool.

A list of mining pools can be found Here. Some mining pools require you to create an account, and then separately create a "worker" under that account while others don't require accounts at all and utilize your payout address as your account.

Step 2 - Download a miner

Note that only cgminer 3.7.2 and below support the --scrypt parameter need to mine Dogecoin, or anything other than Bitcoin ASICs.

• CGMiner (GPU) Linux/Windows: Download Here
• CGMiner (GPU) Mac OS X: Download Here
• CPU Miner Mac/Linux/Windows: Download Here

Step 3 - Configure your miner

If your are mining in a stratum-enabled pool, you should run cgminer as follows:

./cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp:https://<domain>:<port> -u <worker> -p <password>

Or if you're using the cpuminer

./minerd --url=stratum+tcp:https://<domain>:<port> --userpass=<worker>:<password>

• "domain" is the domain name of your chosen mining pool (Can usually be found on their websites)
• "port" is the port of your chosen mining pool (Can usually be found on their website)
• "worker" is the username of your worker
• "password" is the password of your worker

Step 4 - Create a Dogecoin address to receive payments

In order to get a Dogecoin address, you should download the Dogecoin-QT client from the Official Forum Post. You can find/create Dogecoin addresses under the "Much Receive" tab on the Dogecoin-QT client.

Step 5 (Optional) - Set up advanced cgminer settings

Check out the Official README for cgminer to find the optimal settings for your graphics card.