Bitcoin (BTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE): a comparison
Bitcoin and Dogecoin set side by side: how the quotes moved, how the protocols are built and what tasks each one was made for.
Specifications of BTC and DOGE
| Bitcoin (BTC) | Dogecoin (DOGE) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $74,836.00 | $0.070078 |
| Ticker | BTC | DOGE |
| Type | coin of its own network | coin of its own network |
| Launched | 2009 | 2013 |
| Built by | Satoshi Nakamoto | Billy Markus, Jackson Palmer |
| Consensus | Proof of Work (SHA-256) | Proof of Work (Scrypt) |
| Block | ~10 min | ~1 min |
| Supply cap | 21 M BTC | no cap |
| Privacy | transfers are public | transfers are public |
| In circulation | 20.11 M BTC | 156.68 B DOGE |
| Market cap | $1.5 T | $10.98 B |
| Rank by cap | #1 | #12 |
Source: CoinGecko, Nov 10, 2026 12:57. How these numbers are counted
Price movement: BTC and DOGE
The start of the period is taken as 100 for both prices: the chart shows the difference in movement, not the quotes themselves.
| Period | BTC | DOGE |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | −3.94% | −5.88% |
| 30 days | −8.91% | −18.58% |
| 90 days | +17.66% | −2.87% |
The link between their daily moves over the quarter is 0.8 (they travel together).
The tasks BTC and DOGE were made for
- Storing value over the long runBitcoin
- Transfers and paymentsDogecoin
- A meme token running on audience attentionDogecoin
How Bitcoin and Dogecoin are built
How Bitcoin works
Underneath it is Proof of Work on SHA-256. Miners compete for the right to close the next block, which happens roughly every 10 minutes, and the reward is made up of new coins plus transaction fees. Every 210,000 blocks, about once every four years, the reward is cut in half, so issuance gradually fades out. Balances are not held in accounts but as unspent outputs (UTXO).
What Bitcoin is for
Most people buy bitcoin for the long run and hold it, treating it as a way to preserve capital. At the same time it stays the reference point for the whole market: trading pairs, indices and derivatives are quoted against it. Less often, it is used for what it was built for — cross-border transfers — while small payments are moved to the Lightning Network.
How Dogecoin works
Mining runs on Proof of Work with the Scrypt algorithm, and it is done jointly with Litecoin (merge mining). A new block every minute. There is no upper supply limit: the same number of coins is issued every year, so inflation in percentage terms declines from year to year.
What Dogecoin is for
DOGE is sent for tips and small payments, it is traded, and some merchants accept it directly.