Litecoin Mining Calculator (LTC) — Scrypt

Q: What algorithm does Litecoin use?

Scrypt — an ASIC-dominated algorithm since Bitmain's Antminer L-series launched. Litecoin is merge-mined with Dogecoin, so the same hash rate earns both coins simultaneously.

Q: Is Litecoin GPU-mineable?

Not competitively. ASICs like the Antminer L7 (9.5 Gh/s) dominate Scrypt's network hash rate by orders of magnitude over any GPU.

Q: What is merged mining?

Litecoin and Dogecoin share the Scrypt algorithm through AuxPoW — the same submitted work can satisfy both chains' difficulty targets, so a Scrypt miner earns LTC and DOGE rewards at the same time, not split between them.

Litecoin uses Scrypt and is merge-mined with Dogecoin — the same hash rate earns both coins simultaneously. Enter your ASIC's hash rate and electricity cost to see live combined profit.

About Litecoin Mining

Litecoin (LTC) launched in 2011 as one of the earliest Bitcoin forks, using Scrypt instead of SHA-256. Scrypt mining is now entirely ASIC-dominated — the Antminer L7 at 9.5 Gh/s produces far more hash rate than any GPU setup could realistically achieve.

Litecoin is merge-mined with Dogecoin via AuxPoW: the same submitted proof-of-work can satisfy both chains' difficulty targets, so a Scrypt miner earns LTC and DOGE block rewards at the same time from identical hardware — not split between the two.

FAQ

What algorithm does Litecoin use?
Scrypt — ASIC-dominated since the Antminer L-series launched.

Is Litecoin GPU-mineable?
Not competitively. ASICs dominate Scrypt's network hash rate by orders of magnitude.

What is merged mining?
The same Scrypt work satisfies both LTC and DOGE difficulty targets, so miners earn both coins simultaneously from one hash rate.