<p>Mining is getting harder and harder every 2016 blocks (difficulty adjustment). Good mining hardware you see today is dedicated to bitcoin only. Back in the days it was profitable to mine on a pc but today you will see more than the mined bitcoin back on your electricity bill.</p>

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2022-01-03T14:36:13.990Z
Downvoted, this isn't the reason. Namecoin is merge-mined with Bitcoin, so all the same hardware can be used.
Pieter Wuille
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2022-01-03T14:22:26.480Z
2022-01-03T14:22:26.480Z
Antoni
<p>Back in the early days of Bitcoin mining, many people were dual mining namecoin with bitcoin and some other coins. Why don't we hear anymore of this dual mining functionality in 2021+?</p>
<p>What were some of the other coins being dual mined with BTC? I just remember namecoin.</p>

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2022-01-03T16:52:59.550Z
By dual-mining you mean merged mining?
Pieter Wuille
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2022-01-03T16:53:19.030Z
Related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/61316/5406
Murch
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2022-01-03T16:54:43.623Z
I edited under the assumption that merged mining was meant.
Murch
<mining-pools><mining-reward><miner-configuration><namecoin><merged-mining>
Whatever happened to Bitcoin miners mining additional coins in combination with Bitcoin mining like pre-2015?
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# Whatever happened to Bitcoin miners mining additional coins in combination with Bitcoin mining like pre-2015?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-03)

Back in the early days of Bitcoin mining, many people were dual mining namecoin with bitcoin and some other coins. Why don't we hear anymore of this dual mining functionality in 2021+?

What were some of the other coins being dual mined with BTC? I just remember namecoin.

**Tags:** mining-pools, mining-reward, miner-configuration, namecoin, merged-mining

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: By dual-mining you mean merged mining?  
> **username_2**: Related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/61316/5406  
> **username_2**: I edited under the assumption that merged mining was meant.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2022-01-03. Score: -1

Mining is getting harder and harder every 2016 blocks (difficulty adjustment). Good mining hardware you see today is dedicated to bitcoin only. Back in the days it was profitable to mine on a pc but today you will see more than the mined bitcoin back on your electricity bill.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Downvoted, this isn't the reason. Namecoin is merge-mined with Bitcoin, so all the same hardware can be used.  

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