<p>Being able to merge mine with another cryptocurrency recquire that both chain use the same hashing algorithm, sha256 in our case, so in theory all those crypto could do it <a href="https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/List_of_SHA-256_crypto_currencies" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/List_of_SHA-256_crypto_currencies</a> </p>

<p>The most famous currently merge mining being Dogecoin with its parent blockchain Litecoin both using the same algorithm </p>

<p>You can read more here: <a href="https://medium.com/altcoin-magazine/merged-mining-how-dual-mining-of-cryptocurrencies-works-98323ea57529" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://medium.com/altcoin-magazine/merged-mining-how-dual-mining-of-cryptocurrencies-works-98323ea57529</a></p>

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<p>I remember namecoin has the ability to merge mine with Bitcoin. Are there any others? Is this a bitcoin ability or ability of the coin that is merge minable?</p>

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Which crypto currencies can merge mine with Bitcoin?
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# Which crypto currencies can merge mine with Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-25)

I remember namecoin has the ability to merge mine with Bitcoin. Are there any others? Is this a bitcoin ability or ability of the coin that is merge minable?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-16. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Being able to merge mine with another cryptocurrency recquire that both chain use the same hashing algorithm, sha256 in our case, so in theory all those crypto could do it <https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/List_of_SHA-256_crypto_currencies>

The most famous currently merge mining being Dogecoin with its parent blockchain Litecoin both using the same algorithm

You can read more here: <https://medium.com/altcoin-magazine/merged-mining-how-dual-mining-of-cryptocurrencies-works-98323ea57529>


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