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Because it is far less used. The techno behind it is the same as bitcoin (with different configuration).

• bduerst 9y ago
  No, dogecoin theoretically caps out at ~30 transactions a second. Bitcoin caps out at ~7 tx/s. This bottleneck increases demand for tx completion and raises tx fees for bitcoin. The Dogecoin network can handle 4.5x more traffic than the Bitcoin network, meaning the satire cryptocurrency is a better technology at being a currency than bitcoin is.
  • makomk 9y ago
    Of course, since the Dogecoin client software hasn't been updated in the past two years it lacks the rather substantial performance optimisations that Bitcoin has developed over that time period, so it's not clear how well it would actually cope if it ever had to handle a transaction rate anywhere near its theoretical limit. (Or, for that matter, if miners are actually willing to process that many transactions.)
    • bduerst 9y ago
      Sure, but there's no reason to believe that the Dogecoin network is not able to handle 30 tx/s.